Non-investing careers at large HFs (operations, infra, strategy, tech, etc.)

Anyone here who could have pursued an investing career at a large single- or multi-manager shop (think Citadel, P72, Balyasny, DE Shaw, Two Sigma, etc.), but chose to do something else instead? E.g., operations, infra, strategy, tech, etc.?

What do you do?
What did you do before?
Why not investing? Not interested? Not the right background? Something else?
What is the career progression and comp potential?
Do you like the job, the culture, the people?
Do you feel valued by the firm?
Anything else?

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“He was very responsive and prepared for the meeting. He actually read the JD, resume, and looked up linkedin which sometimes other mentors doesn't actually go over those to prepare things beforehand. I appreciate his direct comments I think it saved time and actually helped me to know exactly where to improve. I also appreciated him admitting if he doesn't know about specific HF strategy. Only thing I'd suggest for him is probably sending actionable key takeaways after the meeting because other mentors did and that was very helpful. ”

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