Which career is a better fit purely for financial motivations

(If you could answer without the “require two different personalities answer”)

Buyside quants (supposedly sell side makes less than big tech engineers) vs bankers (PE/IB/HF):

1st: which is more competitive is it the same amount is it more but just slightly or a lot

2nd:which career makes more stable high amounts of money

3rd: which skills are harder to acquire

4th: which career has more high paying options with its relevant degrees (stats, math,cs and accounting,finance,econ ) and experience you get from it

5th: which career is more stress free at entry/junior, intermediate, and senior levels

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