So, a lot of money motivated people out there on TSR. A common query is: what are the highest paying careers? Well, I got bored so I made a list of what I think they are; the ones found on the internet usually suck. If you disagree or want to add to the list comment below:
Note: by 'high paying' my criteria was low to mid six figures or more, terminal income.
In no particular order
Accessible grad careers
1. High finance (IBD/S&T/PE/HF/VC/AM/Research)
2. Corporate law (Partner track or be a high flying barrister)
3. Medicine (GPs (family doctors) and specialists: anaesthesists, surgeons, OB/GYN etc)
4. Accounting (Audit/Tax) at a big4/top 10 firm (Partner track)
5. Executive management track (Director>VP>SVP>C-suite) of a business function (HR/R&D/Operations/Finance/Merchandising/Marketing/Sales etc..) at any large to mid-size company
6. Product person (software engineer, product manager, designer etc..) at a big brand name tech company (FB/Google etc)
7. Consulting at a strat house (MBB/Oliver Wyamn/Strategy& etc) or big4 (partner track)
8. Any type of high end sales (e.g. enterprise, luxury, headhunting, broking etc)
9. Real Estate (RE IB/REITs/RE PE/Development)
10. Dentistry (Orthodontics/Maxilofacial Surgery)
11. Quant finance (prop trading, quant research strats, etc) at a hedge fund or prop/HFT trading firm or IB *
12. Actuary (partner track or exec track depending)
13. Middle Office (Risk, Compliance etc) or Back Office (Operations, HR etc) at an IB
14. Corporate Banking, Commercial Banking or Private Banking at a top shop
15. Pilot for a major airline
16. Oil and Gas/Mining (Geologist/Petroleum Engineer etc..)
17. Data Scientists
Talent and heavily luck-based careers
1. Entrepreneurship (any kind)
2. High profile creative person (Film/TV/Theatre/Music/Modelling/Architecture/Design)
3. High end sportsperson
4. Internet personality (Blogger/Youtuber etc)
5. High end nutritionists, personal fitness coaches, life coaches
6. High end psychologists and therapists
7. High end chefs and cooks
8. Bartenders at high end venues
9. Pro gamblers and poker players
10. Pro gamers