What the fuck do I do now?

I was working at a major hedge fund and traded across multiple different pods. I switched around and eventually got into better ones and my CAGR was around 110%

However, certain things happened and most of our PMs were cooked along with all the execs. And some other stuff happened that I basically can’t get into here.

I do have 5 years of experience and a top-tier degree and I’m looking to pivot into Europe/UK. How should I approach this properly? I don’t want what happened with my fund to show up in my past but there’s basically no way to avoid it, so I don’t really know what to do.

I don’t even know if I could do an MBA right now because this was the only experience I had since college. Yeah, I’m kind of lost.. and cooked.. maybe do an low-tier MBA and switch into MBB since my finance career might be over? Honestly, at this point I even consider pivoting into plumbing but yeah.. Would like to hear what's possible or not..

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