some friends of mine tried to convince me to compete in this though one should only go after these things for fun instead of any real expectation of money i.e.

some friends of mine tried to convince me to compete in this though one should only go after these things for fun instead of any real expectation of money i.e., I actually went through some historical modeloff questions years ago and could get them relatively easily but spending the same effort training but at my job/career is a way to make more money, on an expected value basis, than competing in any excel competition...