def enjoyed working as a prop trader. i did not face a single monday blue and i look fwd to work everyday. prop and sell side is 2 totally different thing. the former involves having your own pnl and that alone determines pretty much everything. the latter involves servicing and building relations with your clients, bringing in as much comms as you can. both have different stress levels. for prop, its the pnl. for sell side trader, it's the cb clients that you have to face and be polite with, aka por lam pa.

i wanted more stability in my job and hours, so i decided to go for a change and went for a few interviews. had 2 to choose from. 1) big china investment arm as their research analyst/trader 2) sell side trader for a BB. eventually swayed by BB's higher offer. thinking back, i may have more things to learn from 1) than 2).