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sartorisI won't get tired until I get a realistic range of average compensations.
Average comp means next to nothing in hedge funds. I know a guy who's a quant at de shaw and he makes 300K+ a few years out of his phd. I also know a guy who's in sales at a HF who makes close to a million in good years and he's in his mid thirties. I also know a guy who makes 50K base working for a tiny HF with a really shitty bonus. Based on this sample, telling you an average salary of $450K doesn't give you any real information.
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You're not going to like this answer, but the simple fact is that even a mediocre career in high finance (including sell-side) is going to give you a tremendous amount of income relative to 99% of the human beings on the planet, and both the ceiling and your actual happiness have a lot more to do with if you're actually any good at your job/have any sort of passion for it than which kind of excel monkey you choose to be at age 26.

If you're obsessed with maximizing the amount of money you make early in life, try selling drugs.

There have been many great comebacks throughout history. Jesus was dead but then came back as an all-powerful God-Zombie.
 
Kenny_Powers_CFAYou're not going to like this answer, but the simple fact is that even a mediocre career in high finance (including sell-side) is going to give you a tremendous amount of income relative to 99% of the human beings on the planet, and both the ceiling and your actual happiness have a lot more to do with if you're actually any good at your job/have any sort of passion for it than which kind of excel monkey you choose to be at age 26.

If you're obsessed with maximizing the amount of money you make early in life, try selling drugs.

When he says selling drugs, he means have your own cartel, you would be surpirsed by how many cartel lord are billionares.

 
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Kenny_Powers_CFAYou're not going to like this answer, but the simple fact is that even a mediocre career in high finance (including sell-side) is going to give you a tremendous amount of income relative to 99% of the human beings on the planet, and both the ceiling and your actual happiness have a lot more to do with if you're actually any good at your job/have any sort of passion for it than which kind of excel monkey you choose to be at age 26.

If you're obsessed with maximizing the amount of money you make early in life, try selling drugs.

When he says selling drugs, he means have your own cartel, you would be surpirsed by how many cartel lord are billionares.

Exit ops are limited, though.

There have been many great comebacks throughout history. Jesus was dead but then came back as an all-powerful God-Zombie.
 

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