| There's a huge array of different careers out there in finance. Wealth Management, Auditing, Consulting, S&T, M&A, etc etc. To those who seem to think S&T is amazing - it's not. I know many people who want the heck out of there. Your salary is very low, and almost your entire compensation is the bonus, so your income can vary wildly. Also, traders suffer from the same burn-out issues as IBankers.
Maybe you work fewer hours on average, but it's high stress 8:30AM - 8:00PM every day (if you're a pre and post-market trader), and 9:30-4:00 minimum. You also have to document every trade you make, definitely not glamorous. And if you get shunted into trading on another exchange? Forget your social life as your working hours are 10PM-6AM or worse. |