Which of these careers are better if your main motivation is financial reasons
(If you could answer without the “require two different personalities answer”)
Buyside quants (supposedly sell side makes less than big tech engineers) vs bankers (PE/IB/HF):
1st: which is more competitive is it the same amount is it more but just slightly or a lot
2nd:which career makes more stable high amounts of money
3rd: which skills are harder to acquire
4th: which career has more high paying options with its relevant degrees (stats, math,cs and accounting,finance,econ ) and experience you get from it
5th: which career is more stress free at entry/junior, intermediate, and senior levels
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7 upvotes without a response is crazy unlucky
DUDE 9 UPVOTES WITHOUT A RESPONSE??? My other post got only 5 and had 22 replies
From what I understand:
I know you know this already, but yes, they are two completely different careers, aimed at two completely different kinds of people (both for personality and background). Many buy-side quants have never taken a business/finance class in their life
After reading your comment, I feel like this debate is identical to a career choice between being a accountant vs actuary: there are way more accounting roles, but there are way more people who qualify to be an accountant.
There are way fewer actuary roles open comparatively, but it’s a more niche career that requires much more intensive, longer education, which significantly lowers the number of people trying to get those roles.
However, they both need very different people to be successful, so the comparison doesn’t matter anyway. Correct me if I’m wrong, but that seems to be the same for this comparison.
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