Commando:Thanks for the email. Please feel free to ask me any question whenever you need any advice.

Srijana and Santosh: My last note to Commando should amply demonstrate that I do have respect for all fields. Sure I said a lot of things in jest, and because I truly disliked the Maoist who was bragging about his knowledge. He had never taken any analysis, it was clear to me, and yet he was too eager to give the advice[and he is an engineer].

To be honest, from inside, I feel my field is superior--but that's the first reason why I chose my field the way I did. I am also sure that you feel good about your field because it is something you are emotionally attached to. It is also true that whenever I go to the gathering of Nepali engineers, I feel  sad--they always play card, and engage in shallow conversation about politics. Their shallow thinking is also reflected in their political thoughts: they are in general pessimistic about Nepal and condemn everybody as a corrupt person who is responsible for our country's downfall--but then offer no solution from their side either. Sorry , I may be generalizing too much, but that's the kind of people I have met so far. Their math is hardly worth mentioning, most of them don't know how to calculate the power of matrix, what diagonalization is. They think they have taken calculus and that's all the math there is (and yet they struggle with basic concepts such as Taylor approximation and its utility, or the properties of convex or concave functions). Some of these engineers were SLC toppers, they could have been great scientists, but they chose easier path. Such a waste of talent. But make no mistake about their ego. Sometimes, some of them even claim that they are the smartest person in their firm( An engineer claimed that he could go to MIT anytime for PhD!) testo manchheharu sanga kasari tarka garne?

Santosh, mostly computer scientists and some industrial engineers work with us. When I say 'under' that is wrong from authority point of view, but we ask them to do monte carlo analysis, or write code using our algorithm. But they are good at their work, and simultaneously, they are frustrated at their work also. We are friends, and I understand their problem.There seems to be a plateau for them once they make 150K. Sure they can go to MBA, but that is hardly a guarantee for success, and MBA seems to be a field where natives excel.

I also think people need to correct their misconception that finance guys don't produce stuffs. We produce new "markets", where people can trade different options and make future better for themselves. See, not everybody has to make transistor to say 'we produce'. But at the end of the day, economics is about 'efficient allocation of resources', and in the absence of such efficient allocation, nation's resources are not utlized properly and nation suffers from 'deadweight loss'. Doctors also don't produce, right? They just treat sick people:)

Let me stop here. Hope it will end 'tero field ramro ki mero field ramro' debate. Wish you all the best. I appreciate the kid, Commando, because he has shown true willngness to learn, and let's wish him a successful future in finance/economics/math. We need more Nepali economists/financiers. Knowing nitty gritty of finance has made jewish people the richest and most powerful in the world, as you all know.