What are you good at professionally? How did you know?
Was reading through this discussion on buy-side vs sell-side and I found the most helpful comment to hit the nail on the head:
"...The trick on the career point assuming maximizing risk-adjusted earnings is one of the main goals (and to be clear it really shouldn't be...) and assuming you're picking between the general set of white-collar things very smart, insecure, risk-averse overachievers pick from (consulting, banking, PE, hedge fund, lawyer, etc.) is this - you need to have a really, really good understanding of what you are good at and what you are most likely to be top 1% at - and then go do that. The innate skill that is required to get to the top 25% in all of these careers are similar - sufficient smarts, okay people skills, willingness to sacrifice most other parts of life to grind.
However, to get to the top 1% is completely a different story - M&A banker - sales monster. Lawyer - bulldog. Hedge fund - insane risk tolerance. PE - consistent judgement (or appearance thereof). Consultant - inspire deep trust (note - all of these with the exception of maybe the HF requires a very high-level of people skills too though so that's table-stakes)..."
So my question to you all is what are you good at professionally and how did you know? As someone just starting their career, better understanding myself and what I am good at will certainly drive some of the career choices I make.
For me it really comes down to what you enjoy the most, or what feels the most “natural”. If you genuinely enjoy markets for example you’ll probably do better at a HF then at a PE firm. If you really enjoy talking to people then naturally you’ll be a good sales person. So find what you enjoy the most and make that your career, you’ll find that you’re pretty good at it because you have a drive other people simply don’t have.
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