Which career if you mainly care about money

would it be better to be a quantitative researcher/developer/traderor a investment banker (and private equity:

1st: which makes more money on avg consistently

2nd:which is harder to get the skillet the money needs

3rd: which is more competitive to get just looking at the relevant population to job openings available (and how many there is in that relevant population)

4th: which is less stressful earning while earning money

5th: which would you think is worth the money by how much effort and hours you put on the job

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