10.000 hours in Finance

The general consensus is that 10.000 hours leads to mastery1

How exactly is this "mastery" reflected in the financial industry? Of course, the most extreme examples of mastery would be Soros vs. Bank of England, what about something which you directly saw (structuring deals, other hard skills, etc.)

It doesn't matter if it's in PE, HF, IB, VC, etc. as long as the mastered skills aren't "bullshitting clients" or anything PPtx/Excel related.

1 let's not debate now this rule and just assume it's true for the sake of discussion

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