career in trading (more interesting) or tech (more job security, better wlb, less interesting?)
hoping to get some advice from veterans in the industry.
i have done a SA in trading and loved it. im based in canada, so I have a FT offer for a big 5 canadian bank s&t rotational program. i loved trading and think it is super interesting work. the downside is that the hours were quite long, it is stressful and i worry about job security if my performance is not great.
however, i just got an offer from a big tech company in canada. compensation is very similar. the hours will be much less demanding, there is less pressure on performance so much less stressful. but I am not a huge fan of coding for a living
so, people that have much more experience than me, do you guys think I should pick the less interesting but better WLB career path? not sure if trading will get boring at some point too, at which point if theyre both equally as boring id rather have the safe, chill coding job
More job security?
The money novelty wears off pretty quickly. If money is the same, choose something you like. Harder I think to spend a year in trading and go to tech vs the other way around.
more job security lol. have you been following what's been going on the last several months?
Afaik you have to really fuck up to get canned in S&T, especially in your junior years, given the landscape with tech right now maybe just take the S&T job
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