Which would you rather be? A US Senator or an MD?

MD

Totally agree with the san francisco treat....congress is the lowest common denominator.

what type of response are you trying to get? what do you think people on this board are going to say????

how about US Senator-ad-infinitem (you stay in office for as long as you like)

its a classic question of money vs. power. as an MD you are a salesman trying to get deals done. you have no power other than within that division in your own firm. you're a wall-street stiff who's just another cog in the systerm (albeit a very well paid cog). (note that MD-level money in and of itself does not bring you power.)

Do I even need to say?

Sen

md, no question you have money and you have power (by using your money and connections) you donthave to fuck with being the puppet yourself

neither. Md's are bitches to their clients, their bosses, and their government leaders. Senators/mayors etc, are bitches to their constituents and their donors

Find me a job where I'm not a bitch to someone else.

Power over money anyday.

Though you could argue that money is power (literally, since money is a debt someone in society owes you, thus you can use that money to get people to do what you want, which is power)

Incumbent Senators are a bitch to get rid of. Unless you are a complete fuck up you can milk that position forever. Being a Senator would only be maddening if you were actually trying to get something done with (I personally think all they do is shuffle papers and collect money). MD's have way more stress and a dip shit govt employee.

You can influence power with money, but having the power in the first place is whats important.

first of all, if your brain really works the way your logic/diction was laid out above then good luck to you out there kid

for the average MD, that is true. however, if you were banking in a decent group at a BB you would know atleast one or two MDs, minimum, that have strong connections politically. i assumed we weren't talking about the average bottom rung MD here, for argument's sake, I assumed we were talking about power vs. money and assumed a top level MD for comparison (since as you pointed out a bottom rung MD isn't really making the level of money that i would consider equivalent to the power of a senator/top politician)

i'd personally take money over power... power is something people mis-characterize too often.

I plan on becoming Mayor of NYC. Better than president of the united states IMO.

first of all, if your brain really works the way your logic/diction was laid out above then good luck to you out there kid

Thanks for the good luck. Maybe this year I'll get promoted past Associate and you'll finally land your first job in the industry!

Seriously though, of course I'm talking about the "average" BB/IBD/MD. I don't think that needs to be explicitly said.

yeah, hopefully i land my first job in the industry, we'll see how it works out

MD for sure. Senator involves too much scrutiny, little real power and less money. If you're an average MD, you're not putting in 100 hour weeks and you are actually involved in the financial world where priorities are somewhat simpler.

I would probably go with senator then parlay the connections into a vc/pe scenario

can i be the whip?

Senator - The power, privileges, and tenure.