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The highest-paying. |
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Cool... |
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03/21/2001 |
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In some respects. By the time you graduate college, you generally know your prospects of being a rock star, pro athlete, or movie star.
Outside of these areas your best bets are 1) Starting your own business (best if you have other experience first in engineering or some area of expertise), 2) Fast tracking to CEO level (helps to start out in consulting or just kicking ass in a sales or marketing position for most companies), 3)Start a private equity fund or hedge fund (kind of like #1, but the expertise is in finance and the investor base is developed while working at I-Banks)
In other words, you know you are not going to be Tiger or Clooney, so you will have to be successful in business. One of the best ways to become successful in business is to develop contacts and banking is one of the best ways to do that. You can get people to invest in your start-up, get people to propel you to CEO, and/or get people to invest in your PE or hedge fund.
I know a guy who has a client in PCS who was a very prominent figure in the book 'Liar's Poker' who is currently a CEO of another company. Just one piece of first hand evidence of someone who started out in banking (more specifically, sales and trading) who has made it to the status that you are talking about. Not as rich as Bill Gates, but who is? |
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Excellent words of wisdom. Interesting to hear about the Liar's Poker person.
I was just trying to let this kid in on the fact that he could, conceivably, attempt to go for gold in a more "non-traditional" career. I think he's still young enough to shoot for a dream which, for me, might be far-fetched. (Like, say, being a Hollywood director or something.)
I think your advice is very sensible and practical, and my hunch is that the high school student is, too.
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