"Sensible" jobs in finance - DO THEY EXIST?
(Senior Monkey, 78
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on 6/13/12 at 12:44am
What (if any) jobs in finance . . .
- Have reasonable hours (40 - 60 hrs) and some semblance of work-life balance
- Are interesting on a regular basis to someone who IS interested in finance/economics/math
- Pay a decent amount of money ($60K/$70K - $100K per year)
Does this exist?
(Also known as WSO and mergersandinquisitions is scaring the shit out of this rising freshman)





A buddy of mine works for a
A buddy of mine works for a commercial property company as a financial analyst and probably makes in that ball park and usually works 60 hours at most. Might be different since we live on the west coast but, the jobs like that are out there.
Personal wealth is not how much you have in the bank or the worth of your portfolio. But, rather how you've used the wealth to make your life and those around you better.
Yes, they do exist. But it
Yes, they do exist.
But it largely depends on your ultimate goal, your skills and your personality type.
An academic career can provide you with that.
If you feel so inclined, you can also use your quantitative skills to develop clinical trials, R&D or work in a think tank.
I could see working in
I could see working in Finance at an F500 falling somewhat in that bucket provided you're interested in what that company does, but you can forget about economics/math in that case.
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Corporate banking. Better
Corporate banking.
Better work life balance imo
ive never worked in corporate
ive never worked in corporate finance, but i assume it provides bullets 1 and 3.. maybe bullet 2 if you work with a company you are interested in
for me: market risk, finshing
for me:
market risk, finshing up my 3rd year
hours are 8-6
pay is 100k base + 10~20% bonus
work CAN be (not always) a good mix of economics/math
look into it. pm me with questions
Asset Management, Research,
Asset Management, Research, some trading, and commercial banking all have far better work/life balance than the more intense jobs.
Thing is, people don't come to finance long term so much because they like it, they come to work their butts off to become wealthy.
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How hard is it to get into
How hard is it to get into buy-side ER?
I think I would eventually like to get into VC, but I have to figure out what I would do to break into that.