What would you rather be?

The answer is obviously either HF manager or retired (assuming a high-net worth retirement).

The fact that two people voted that being an entry-level associate is better than being the guy who's RUNNING the show at a decent hedge fund raises questions about the level of narrowminded stupidity on this board.

And would do a lot more than get on two knees to become a hedge fund manager

I agree. The hedge fund manager is not equal to the others. I chose VP at a bulge, because I waould to give career banking a shot

You've got to be kidding me! AAA baseball is just a heartbeat from the pros and the land of million dollar salaries for playing a GAME (no excel spreadsheets).

I hate baseball. If one of the options had been a pro-kicker/punter then in a heartbeat. Man, I miss the glorious HS football days

retired = no work. game over.

Telling me that being one step away from hitting home runs in front of 35,000 people is worse than spending 90 hours with MS Excel is ludicrous. It doesn't matter if you don't like baseball...ludicrous

...AAA isnt one step from the major's, nowadays most AAA players are washed up has-beens and the guys who are actually going to the show go straight from AA or lower. As a Met fan i will give the example that neither jose reyes or david wright spent any time at AAA and none of their current prospects play there. I would say only 1 in 20 AAA players end up spending more then a few games in late september in the Majors.

Unless u are ready to retire, the only choice is HF manager...

Notice how the "Hf Manager" and "Retired" choices don't display a metric? That means you can end up in the gutter or the sky, and everywhere in between.

HF Manager, hands down...or better yet, a retired HF manager

Who are all these people smoking crack that want KKR associate so badly?

You think a HF Manager touches Excel?

HF manager prob makes more money then all of them, and hopefully can retire earlier.