If you could be any one of these in 5 years, which would it be?

MD in Venture Capital....most creative and most insightful job...Also, involves a great deal of risk/reward and i might actually matter to entrepreneurs.

MD in Venture Capital....most creative and most insightful job...Also, involves a great deal of risk/reward and i might actually matter to entrepreneurs.

Janitor at Citadel

I would be a partner at a VC because like ^^ said it is very insightful and creative and you are helping build people's dreams and u can make money in the bank,

PM at Hedge Fund

Reason: I love the dynamic public markets and I believe it requires a great deal of brains to succeed as a PM - also upside is basically ilimited.

I hate transaction-based work (IB, PE, VC to a certain extent) so I rule out the other options anyways. God, spending 4 months in MBB consulting (and doing PE-related work) made me hate all the processes and endless, pointless meetings to discuss irrelevant details...

portfolio manager, make $$$$$$

pick your stocks then go to the beach and have the analysts work out when to exit/short/buy

or janitor at citadel. as long as they give u biz cards.

A race car driver. Vroom.

To the guys going for the hedge fund job just for the $$$, money isnt everything, and it's not like you'll be struggling to make ends meet in the other 3 jobs. If you asked me which one of those three I wanted to be 5 years from now definitely MD at a top PE firm, but long term would want to be the Partner at a top VC firm, like Sequioa or Accel. Like someone said above VC is the most creative job and you're helping to build the future in a small way.

VC all the way

1st choice - VC 2nd choice - HF

1st choice- Hollywood producer- Always been interested in film, could make good money if you produce the right films and I'm sure the life style is great 2nd Choice- Agent (Ari Gold) Who wouldn't wanna be him? 3rd Choice- Partner at VC- Insightful get to work with new people, see how company can rise or fall.

1. Director at VC - think it would be very fun to invest in start ups, especially when they make it big
2. HF - money and risk = fun

1 - PM at hedge fund. I love the markets.

2 - MD at IBD (Sales or M&A). Wine and dine baby!

PM at HF I love reading between the lines on a investment and how a bad day for most isn’t one for all. Not being responsible for the operating of a business just does it for me and can lead into being a HF manager

If you asked me this two years ago I would have said MD at an MF PE firm without hesitation. Now, I would rather have the assurance of a loving stable relationship with solid marriage prospects working at 1st year associate pay in a job that isn't super demanding. I know this isn't what everyone wants, and if you told me two years ago I would think like this now, I would not have believed it.