Do you like your job in finance? [Hong Kong Edition, but international financiers feel free to answer]

Calling everyone in finance (IB/PE/AM/PB, Risk, Treasury, Compliance, Corporate and Transaction Banking, Securities Services, Sales, CRE):

  • Do you like your job, on a scale of 1-10? (If working in HK, please state so here)
  • If you were 18 and could choose again (whether that be a career, habits, lifestyle) what would you do differently?
  • Why did you choose the career that you are in?
  • What would you say to your children if they wanted to go into your field?
  • What are the significant unexpected downsides? What are the best upsides?

This is an extremely open-ended discussion, feel free to share your thoughts and feelings anonymously.

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