Prop Shop to FP&A... now what?
Hey guys,
Long story short- I went to a semi-target school in the Midwest, graduated and worked in prop trading (my passion) for a year and a half.
Blew up trading, got fired.
COVID happened, stock market went crazy, I traded the market rather than finding a job (it was pretty difficult to even find suitable openings) and did decently for myself. I also invested in a crypto that 100x'd (sheer luck).
I managed to finagle a $84K/year FP&A role that is utterly unstimulating and is a glorified Excel monkey role.
Running similar strategies I ran while at the prop firm I believe I can make an additional 3-5K a month (and scale up in the future).
So my total "income" runs to about $120-144K a year (and will likely run higher as I scale up the strategy with more experience)
After a year or two, I believe I can lateral/move to MSFT/AMZN (my connections are very good in the finance space there).
I am 25 with a net worth of a million. I have enough money to basically do whatever career I choose (within reason), but not enough to retire.
I feel that I am stuck between choosing the lazy/easy route (right now) and something intellectually stimulating but may result in me having to give up trading (my passion). I live on the West Coast so waking up at pre-market means waking up at 6 AM or earlier, which I can fit in with my job.
The easy answer is "Quit your job and trade full-time", but having worked in trading, I know that relying on trading alone is an extremely dangerous game and that I don't have the mental resilience to keep up every day. If you were me, what would you do?
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