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Originally Posted by newdaddy
Good evening all,
Really need some help here. Please advice me. I was in a SME finance firm for 2 years before I moved to the education industry. Pay is relatively higher now but compared to my peers in finance (mainly those in foreign banks), my pay is still about 3k take home.
My baby is born just a month ago, and when I calculate my finances, it is barely enough. I only get to save 50-100 bucks a month on good months.
I am a NUS economics grad, with CFA level 2. I am pondering if I should return to the finance side but am apprehensive. The reason I quit finance was because I was doing many meaningless things other than studying the markets which I love to do. Therefore decided to change to education to do something more meaningful and spend my free time studying the markets.
However, I must say that the possibility of getting a higher pay (so as to provide for my family) in certain financial institutions sometimes make me wonder if I should go back again, and if I do, where? will I be accepted then? will I need to start from zero again?
regards,
new daddy |
While your peers are busting their butts in their young and single days working like mad to build up banking careers, you took the easy way out to find a job that has a lot of free time for you to "study markets" . Isn't it now a bit late to declare you want to head back when the bus has left long ago?
FYI 99% of FI jobs need to do real things, not sit around with your brokerage account and stare at markets.