Assuming you could succeed in any of those, which would you choose?

Assuming you have 100% chance of succeeding on each of the following industries, which one would you take and why? Consider everything which comes with the industry: hours, money, stress, network, technical skills, culture, etc.

- Private Equity 

- Hedge Fund

- Real Estate Investor

- Angel Investor

- Doctor

- Law

- Academics

- Engineer

- Business Owner (traditional/conservative businesses)

- Entrepreneur/Silicon Valley 

- IT

- Politics

- Government

- Writer

- Actor

- Other (mention)

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nice Adventure Time reference as your username. Personally, probably real estate investor. Everyone I know that's made it in that field is enjoying it a lot and having fun, can't always say the same for the others.

Quant (ˈkwänt) n: An expert, someone who knows more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing.
 

As a social climber and someone who loves power, I would take: politics > government > actor > Entrepreneur/Silicon Valley > Academia; these are all industries that have little upside for average performers. But realistically with my skillset and taking into expected value, Engineer/PE > Entrepreneur/Silicon Valley.

 

not only that, but they're just actors. Craig Robinson (not great live sadly btw) said it best in This is the End:

"We are actors, we pretend to be hard."

Quant (ˈkwänt) n: An expert, someone who knows more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing.
 

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