"Easiest" Job With Decent Pay
I'm currently working in real estate development (5 years in) and am at a career crossroads with regard to work you enjoy with lower comp. or work that you can't stand but affords a certain level of financial security/quality of life. This is leading me to question if it's worth finding a job that you don't love but is also relatively stress free, 8-9 hours a day and then you enjoy life to the fullest after the 8 hours. To that end, what jobs are somewhat cushy from the hours wise and low stress? - Assuming once is ok capping out at 175k - 200k and having a fulfilling life outside of work. Lending?
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Being a regional / local financial advisor once you have a solid book of business probably fits this bill
Wholesaling prodcuts to said advisors I would argue.
bump been wondering this myself
Unless you're in NYC , they're not handing out $175-200k jobs. That's legit comp that takes a legitimate skillset that has to be cultivated over time. The only relatively quick way to an easy job that pays in that range would be to become a government contractor and get a top secret security clearance. If you live in the right location, you can basically get a job in 5 minutes with really excellent pay. Other than that, you've got to really cultivate a book of business (which is not easy at all) or a skillset, often beginning in school (e.g., dentist, nurse practitioner, CPA ). I've seen skilled real estate developers (maybe you're at that point) that can get pretty cushy salaried jobs working at larger developers, though the person I'm thinking about had a Harvard MBA and was a licensed architect (he got a $250,000 job with a 35-hour work week at medium-sized developer). So people who get these cushy jobs have to earn them.
I personally have an extremely cushy job making at the top end of that quoted range. I work for a NYC rating agency and telework from a low cost market. I work about 35 hours a week. But my skillset has been cultivated--I have a relevant master's degree and am an expert (well, I have expertise) in an important industry.
Government contractors don't make a lot. The people who make money and have cushy jobs are the consultants to the government contractors. I used to do management consulting to the DoD for 4 years in corporate finance and it was real easy work and WFH with low hours.
"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
depends on the project, I have a lot of friends in that field and their experience is all over the place in terms of project quality, but generally not too much stress (although you're completely right that the pay may not be as high).
Quant (ˈkwänt) n : An expert, someone who knows more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing.
Gov't contractors with top-secret security clearances do very well. They are in very high demand and do very well.
Corporate Finance in general . Not very hard to reach $175-200K in total comp if you're somewhat capable and reliable.
LifeCo Lending or AM
Can confirm
PWM - work under the right person and you'll be golden in a few years
Corporate finance - 2-3 years and that comp is doable, almost guaranteed in larger cities
Controller/restricted fund manager - need a bit of an accounting background but not hard to switch to from finance
hope everything works out for ya buddy IB hours have me stressing too
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