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if the industry is cool then the employees are gonna get exploited cause there is gonna be more demand to work in the industry cause it's cool
That's absolutely true. I've got friends working in Fashion (data analytics for a luxury brand) and Music (account manager for a major label) and they get obliterated by the comp/working hours ratio.
Anyone know what waste management corp dev comp is like?
How many hours for each of those?
Similar situation in sports analytics.
Yep. Sports, entertainment, fashion = long hours and rock bottom wages and benefits
any numbers ?
Commercial Real Estate
Investment banking is really cool. I hear these people work on the coolest companies and make the most money and have the hottest wives. At least that’s what the forum is brainwashed into thinking by their overload banks that don’t care if the analyst dies on the desk
Which IB industry group?
https://mergersandinquisitions.com/investment-banking/industry-groups/
The Film Industry.
My friend studied screenwriting at Brooklyn College. He has put out multiple small works. He sent a script to me years ago and asked me to mark it up. So I got a red pen and went to town. I sent it back to him and he was pissed at all the markups I did on his script. We don’t talk that much anymore haha.
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Agriculture, clean tech, roofing supply, infrastructure, real estate, aerospace / defense, airlines, luxury products (Dior, Cartier etc), steel
Regarding your Ag comment, there’s a ton of action in seed tech and research right now. Not sure it’s at M&A scale right now but there’s plenty of work in startups and early-stage type companies.
That’s what makes the fun, thanks man
Grew up in an are known for cannabis cultivation and know many individuals that either grew up in the industry or went in to it and I can tell you there is nothing glamorous about it.
Well, I love everything about the industry. It is medicine to help the people. Cultivating the best strains is an art and a science.
super model is soooo cool !
Gaming industry (casino tech, cage operations, casino surveillance, VIP/slots operations)
Yeah def. I want to own an online poker site or with unlimited money would buy a casino yacht where you could play in international waters.
For me, anything related to healthcare IT (B2B businesses, I do not find B2C health tech / IT an interesting space to work - way too saturated of a market and B2B models tend to have a lot more complexity to it which I enjoy).
You think healthcare IT is cool? That might possibly be the least sexy field out there
To most it would be but I really like it.
High demand, High skill industries.
If you're good, you get to call the shots and join groups that you want to join/create them.
If you're mediocre, you get exploited but still get paid well.
If you're dumb, don't even bother.
The pay isn’t great but working for an airline is a blast. Interesting work and free or cheap travel nearly anywhere is a fantastic perk.
Very cyclical. But at the post MBA level, they pay lower than a lot of others companies but their travel perks are second to none.
Fish & Game / Wildlife Management / Land Management. Would be pretty cool to be a fly fishing guide in Montana or manage a large hunting preserve somewhere.
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