Hedge funds are necessarily, and sometimes it seems even intentionally complex, vehicles to try to glean modest returns from...they outperform public markets after risk discounts, but make no mistake - the nature of a hedge fund (or one worth its salt), as its name suggests, hedges to profit regardless of conditions and the inescapable tradeoff for these strategies is obvious...anyway, with the discombobulation in europe that is ucits iii and then ucits 4, and asia investors cutting directly to the chase with real estate and private markets investments and only the us showing signs of sustainability.. it does seem like you need a lot of specific passion, aptitude and resilience for a sustained career in this industry. Consider something that requires infinitely less mental and intellectual rigor and still pays disproportionately well...private equity?..lol