Finance

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Choice count: 37

Section count: 22

Image count: 22

Error count: 12

Field Related Analysis

Education : 61 matches

(choice, class, classes, classmate, college, credit, degree, don, first, grades, graduate, high school, learn, learning, market, mentor, portfolio, private, register, school, social, student, teach, university)

Business : 48 matches

(brand, business, ceo, company, competition, deal, financial, making money, market, marketing, meeting, money, office, orders, owner, president, products, profit, retail, sales, sell, share, shipping, stock, store, supplier, trade)

Archaeology : 32 matches

(banana, bit, class, comes, competition, genius, interaction, keep, market, re, site, stocks, tell, thing, trade)

Target Structure: (4 matches)

fulfillment (1 match)

intern (2 matches)

internship (4 matches)

internships (2 matches)

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Finance

The start of the journey.

It’s your last year of high school, and you’re not sure what to do next. Everyone is applying to college, talking about their futures like they got it all figured out.Part of you thinks going to university for finance could be the smart move. But another part just wants to get a full-time job and start making money now.Both paths could take your life in completely different directions.

Choice 1 : Go to Montmorency college

Choice 2 : Work full time in a retail store

Sunset

College Life Begins.

You start your Finance program and already feel a bit nervous.On the first day, you’re talking with a classmate who mentions that his dad runs one of Canada’s biggest banks like it’s the most normal thing ever.

Choice 1 : ask him about internship opportunities

Choice 2 : Focus on your classes

College

Retail Reality.

You work at this clothing store in the mall, and it’s pretty dead most of the time. Your boss keeps giving extra shift to you and always schedules you on weekends while everyone else is out having fun.

Choice 1 : start drop shipping (side hustle)

Choice 2 : Quit and apply for college

Retail store

The Interview.

You finally landed an internship interview.You’re kinda nervous going in, but end up saying all the right things and actually impressing the recruiters more than you expected.

Choice 1 : Accept the internship

Choice 2 : Refuse the internship

interview

Quiet Student.

You avoid all the usual distractions and stay focused which means no parties, no late-night scrolling on social media.You actually ace your exams. But even with the good grades something feels off. It’s like you’re isolated from everyone with barely any interaction. You feel totally disconnected from the real world.

Choice 1 : Join finance student club

Choice 2 : Stay isolated

Anti-social

The Side Hustler.

You decide to start a drop shipping store after watching a few TikTok videos that made it look easy. At first, sales are super low, and you start doubting the whole thing. Then, you messed something up on the supplier site and somehow made it worse by accidentally ordering 500 banana slicers. Now they’re just sitting in your garage, and you have no idea what to do with them.

Choice 1 : Never give up

Choice 2 : Give up and go back to college

Side hustle

Intern Life.

You work at this downtown office, trying to act like you know what you’re doing. Most of the time, you’re just following analysts around and pretending to understand what they’re talking about. You’re on caffeine the whole day trying to keep up with everything.

Choice 1 : Propose a financial idea

Choice 2 : Stay quiet and observe

Office

The End.

You tell yourself “maybe next year” and pass on the internship, thinking there will be plenty of other chances. But weeks go by and no one calls you back. No more emails, the opportunities disappeared, and you start wondering if you made a huge mistake.

Choice 1 : Return to day 1

The end

The Finance Club.

You randomly decide to join this student trading competition, not really thinking it would go anywhere. You spend late nights studying charts, learning strategies and pull it all together. By the end of it, you win 2nd place nationally, and it feels unreal.

Choice 1 : Apply your strategies to real stock

Choice 2 : Post your trade on social media

Finance club

The End.

No, internships, no experience, no connections, just a degree and a fancy piece of paper. You graduate with pride, thinking “Okay, this has to mean something.” But weeks pass by. No callbacks, no interviews. You start to realize that good grades don’t always guarantee a job.

Choice 1 : Return to day 1

The end

Banana Slicer.

You decide to rebrand your store into a meme shop just for fun by selling the weirdest and funniest stuff you can think find. At first, it’s just for laughs, but then out of nowhere a YouTuber with a lot of followers features one of your products in a video. The next day, your store blows up and your phone won’t stop blowing up with orders.

Choice 1 : Turn your store into a full brand

Choice 2 : Sell it for profit

Banana slicer

Nice Pitch.

You share this idea in a meeting kind of just hoping it doesn’t sound dumb. But the Vice President actually likes it. After the meeting, he comes up to you and says he wants to mentor you.

Choice 1 : Accept the mentorship

Choice 2 : Decline

meeting

The Silent Intern.

You're quietly just doing your work.But then someone else turns around and takes credit for the spreadsheet you spent hours on. You’re just sitting there like “Seriously?” While they get all the credit, and you don't say a word.

Choice 1 : Speak up

Choice 2 : Stay silent

Intern

First Real Trade.

You put $500 into stocks after watching a couple finance videos and thinking you’re about to make some easy money. At first, everything’s going up, and you’re feeling like a genius. But then the market crashes out of nowhere and your whole portfolio tanks.

Choice 1 : Learn and continue

Choice 2 : Panic and sell everything

Trade

Tiktok Fianance.

You start posting TikTok for fun, not expecting anything to happen and then one of them goes viral.Your phone is going crazy and people are actually following you. You get invited to a podcast to talk about it, and then out of nowhere, a brand hits you up with a deal.

Choice 1 : keep building your personal brand

Choice 2 : Leave social media and go private

tiktok

Brand Owner.

You finally made it official and register your business, which feels kinda unreal.you hire a few friends to help out with stuff like packing orders, handling social and marketing.Then, during a call, your accountant casually says “You know you’re technically a CEO ?”.

Choice 1 : Grow the business

Choice 2 : Sell the company

Accountant

Regret.

You end up selling the store for $10,000, thinking you made a lot of money. At the time, it felt like a win with a quick cash and no more stress. But a few months later, the person who bought it turns it into something huge and makes millions.

Choice 1 : Return to day 1

regret

The Success Route.

You have somehow become that student on top of your class, doing internships, and running your own business on the side. It’s kinda crazy, because now recruiters are actually reaching out to you.

Choice 1 : Join a hedge funds

Success

The End.

You decide to leave your finance career and switch to being an author thinking maybe it’s time to do something that you can actually express yourself. You spend months working on a novel. Then, you finally put it out there and no one reads it. Not even your friends.

Choice 1 : Return to day 1

Sad

You Made It.

You’re 23, you own a company, have plenty of connections, and even teach part-time. You made the right choices.

Choice 1 : Return to day 1

Made it

The End.

Your life feels uninteresting, lacking excitement and success. You work a 9 to 5 for the rest of your life, without joy, fun, or fulfillment, feeling bored each day.

Choice 1 : Return to day 1

9 to 5

Speak Proudly.

You confidently spoke up and demonstrated that you excel beyond everyone. The Vice President was impressed with your spreadsheet work.

Choice 1 : Decide to change career

Choice 2 : Return to your work

impressed