If You Could Get The Same Pay as IB & Work Only 50 Hours A Week, Which Role Would You Want At An F500

If You Could Get The Same Pay as IB & Work Only 50 Hours A Week, Which Role Would You Want At An F500? 

Considering the fact that many people at F500's (in corporate world, not retail) make IB analyst money in their mid-to-late thirties, I'd be interested what roles would interest you most (all-else-equal). 


For example, graphic design is kinda cool. It just pays like shit 95% of the time, so I would never consider it. 

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Yeah I don't know a lot about Mad Men, but think advertising and marketing are cool. I had an interview in undergrad with Millward Brown, but it wasn't a good fit for me. My mentor in college got me the interview as he was on the board of directors at WPP. I really like the psychological aspect of advertising. It can be quite powerful. 

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Biz ops / data analysis type roles. I actually really enjoy setting up decision-support systems, especially integrated Excel-BI dashboards - I’ve had the chance to work on on a few of these with portfolio companies.
 

These jobs actually pay decently well as you progress, but the part I really enjoy is more individual contributor level where comp plateaus pretty quickly. Staying in PE makes too much sense financially and professionally to leave at this point

 

I would stay away from most FPA roles as they can be quite mind numbing and overly tedious at the contributor level. I’ve worked at recent IPO TTM, F50 TTM, mid-sized Oil & Gas, NASA and although my responsibilities have grown and I’ve moved closer to the strategic initiatives of the company, all of my roles revolve heavily around generating the same monthly/quarterly results and forecasts. If a job description states something involving month close I would recommended avoiding. These roles are extremely repetitive and the skills used are almost solely internally focused about understanding the intricacies of how the business reports it’s costs and revenue but don’t have much analysis on the industry environment or competitive landscape.

 

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