When I learned of bitcoin back 2014ish I was already working in finance for some time. Was discovering more and more how corrupt my industry was, and most of all how corrupt the big banks are (BOA, 90B in fraud violations since 2000, JP Morgan Chase, 40B since 2000 (most since 2006 when Jamie Dimon took over as CEO) fraud, against their own clients much of the time).
How do banks work in your country? I also have a degree in a similar field but I've never worked in a bank because their pay was very low, so I decided to stick with my computer and learnt UI/UX design. This profession pays me much more than the salaries banks are offering to graduates.
I know a few people who work in banks and what I hear from them is very depressing. I know a guy, who is my friend's friend and works in problematic loans. One day we all were together, having some beer and food in a restaurant. This guy told us that his job is terrible, the bank forces him to call people who have a loan to threaten them that if they don't pay in time, they'll be left in the street, they'll do this, they'll do that. The way he threatens people is terrible but it's all forced by the bank. In a normal country, for such a threat every person would be in jail but banks have guys in the government and they are protected. That's why I hate banks and why I'll never work there.
Do yourself a big favor, and read this book! One needs to understand how traditional finance and banking works to truly understand bitcoin.
Nick Szabo always talks about the history of money before btc. When he does events, in his blog (
https://unenumerated.blogspot.com/ ), etc. Nick is an OG cypherpunk,created bitgold ahead of btc, coined the term Smart Contracts, a lawyer, an economist and a computer scientist..you get the point. I'm essentially echoing what he has been telling everyone to do, indirectly, for many years. This book that I'm just now reading is eye opening even to myself whos worked in finance for several decades and kept a close eye on the fraud from within.
Do yourself a favor -
https://www.amazon.com/Creature-Jekyll-Island-Federal-Reserve/dp/091298645XIt will hurt my eyes to read this PDF on computer, it's 608 pages. I might order a physical book. Btw would you love to share an image of a few pages from the book? I mean pages that you think are the most important texts in this book?