Don’t feel I fit in HF industry

Hey, some rantings and feel I should just go to corporate. Just wonder any other career paths I can pursue?

Having been with SM for a few years and we focus on long but do short too. I think the work is interesting but I don’t feel I am really passionate enough about the public market to compensate for all the shortcomings of this career, including always getting up early (earlier than sellside), never having a true vacation because always having to keep an eye on coverage, sometimes weekend because of all kinds of conferences, so many last minute things. I don’t mind working long hours too much but never stop mode is just so exhausting. Our bonus is like 30-50%.

I am not a super money driven person so passing a threshold income level is good enough for me. Maybe it also makes me not perfectly suitable for this industry? 

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