I hope so. Indeed, I do need to educate myself more about other careers at one point... What I fear of is the idea of me getting to a top 8 or even top 12 RG, but am still unable to get into the City, or for that matter any job that can pay close to 6 figures. I fear I could become an unlucky one locked out of the huge opportunities everybody else around me has, stuck at no more than £50k for all my life like some underused wimp. I actually need a good salary, if anything to simply play catch up to the average net worth of a Londoner (£460k, if you ignore how you need to own equity). I'm not at that, and need to get to at least that... It's funny, considering my household income is over the median eighth decile. I've got to get to that, and may very well struggle to get to simply that; let alone the idea of exceeding it by nearly twice (a kind of general goal of mine). I fear the idea of being stuck in a dead end job that won't put me in the upper-middle class. Not getting into the City severely hinders the opportunities I have to earn £100k+ by a relatively young age (35 max). Ha, and of course, the lucky, smart or privileged ones up there, in the City, get to a meagre £100k LONG before that.
I don't think people fully know or appreciate how good the exit opportunities are if you leave the City after 15 years, say...
One thing I have is the LITERAL offer of assistance to get into banking from one guy (the wealthiest person in my year as well lol), and, I suppose, a general backing from my peers... My extremely well connected, wealthy peers. I don't want to get complacent and think I should be fine, cos I don't know them well enough yet, but they may help. If I can't get in, I hope actuary or accounting can give me a satisfying and extremely (not very) rewarding career. Or, at least enough money for me to invest significantly.
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