What do you see yourself doing in 3 years?

What do you see yourself doing in 3 years?

Working in IB
18% (128 votes)
Working in PE
11% (78 votes)
Working in HF
11% (80 votes)
Working in ER
4% (28 votes)
Working in AM
5% (36 votes)
Working in S&T
7% (48 votes)
Working in VC
2% (14 votes)
Working in RE
2% (14 votes)
Big 4 / Accounting
4% (26 votes)
PWM / Investment Advisor
1% (6 votes)
Financial Engineering
1% (9 votes)
Corporate Finance
4% (28 votes)
Management Consulting
7% (49 votes)
Trading on my own / full-time day trading
1% (9 votes)
In Grad school (MBA, MSF, etc)
9% (63 votes)
Entrepreneur, finance-related
2% (12 votes)
Entrepreneur, non-finance related
7% (46 votes)
Other Job (finance-related)
1% (10 votes)
Other Job (non-finance)
2% (16 votes)
Total votes: 700
6 Comments
 
happypantsmcgeeCleaning toilets.

FTFY

You're born, you take shit. You get out in the world, you take more shit. You climb a little higher, you take less shit. Till one day you're up in the rarefied atmosphere and you've forgotten what shit even looks like. Welcome to the layer cake, son.

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