Old medical student changing careers. How f****d am I?
So, I am a medical student in Brazil in a top-ten medical school here. I'm am currently 23 years old, recently graduated, but only finished my major due to family pressure. Dislike medicine. Actually planning on going to top business school around here in Sao Paulo, and getting a job in IB. Thing is, I'm pretty old. I'm graduate at what? 27 years old? That's about the average age for a first or second-year associate, right?
So, suppose I was a guy from a target school with 3.9 GPA in the US. How much would I be harmed in the interviews due to the fact that I'm a 27 year old dude looking to get into an analyst position?
I'm asking this at a massively London/NYC-focused forum because I imagine the culture should be far more competitive and unforgiving with any minor deviances - like older age - than in São Paulo. So, let's be pessimistic.
My old roommate also did medical school but hated medicine by the end of it. Instead of doing his residency he got an internship at a biotech consultancy where he learned financial analyst and excel skills, etc. Now's he's on his second job as a senior equity research analyst. He was almost 30 when he made this move. Basically you'd want to leverage your existing science knowledge.
I would not earn nearly as much as IB though
Maybe not initially, but his point was that you'd have the option of using that experience to then get a foot in the door somewhere where you can earn just as much or even more e.g. a biotech equity L/S hedge fund.
My friend makes mid 6 figs in NYC a couple years in, dk what your lifestyle requirements are..
Don't let age decide your career
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