<p>What are some jobs that pay as much, or almost as much as I-Banking in the business field. Like if you can't get into I-Banking, what other job fields should you try to do in the business field that come closest to the pay in investment banking?</p>
<p>drug trafficking</p>
<p>conflict diamond smuggling</p>
<p>sales and trading</p>
<p>professional breakdancer</p>
<p>you're looking at ibanking for the wrong reasons, so look for something completely different.</p>
<p>yeah the pay is high, but the lifestyle sucks... and the pay wont be worth it if it's not what you really want to do. You can find something that still pays a lot but doesn't demand nearly as much from you</p>
<p>Very few jobs will pay as much as ibanking, since bankers have always been overcompensated for the work they do. This has become immensely clear in recent months. If you are still looking for 100k starting salaries, try hedge funds and PE firms. However, if you thought ibanking was a hard sector to get into, try applying to a quant fund...</p>
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Very few jobs will pay as much as ibanking, since bankers have always been overcompensated for the work they do. This has become immensely clear in recent months. If you are still looking for 100k starting salaries, try hedge funds and PE firms. However, if you thought ibanking was a hard sector to get into, try applying to a quant fund...
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<p>You're a tool. And you're still in high school. Which PE shops pay 100k in salary coming out of college? Oh, that's right - NONE. Grow some hair on your balls before you start giving advice on careers.</p>
<p>My brother got a job at a hedge fund where he was paid 180k after bonus his first year. 100k is not irregular for a PE firm, especially if you're doing venture capital. I'm sorry your starting salary was so low--assuming you have actually worked in finance</p>
<p>By the way, a high school senior and a supposedly experienced banker (based on your other posts) on a college discussion forum, which is more pathetic?</p>
<p>Oh, by the way, NOT a "supposedly experienced banker" - so I guess that makes you more pathetic, huh?</p>
<p>Your post just shows your inability to discern between "salary" and "compensation." No first year analyst coming out of college will get paid 100k base salary. Fact. Silver Lake, for example, pays 80k as a starting salary. Nice attempt at trying to show me up though. </p>
<p>Isn't it past your bedtime? I think the School House Rock has an ABCs episode airing tomorrow - be sure not to miss it.</p>
<p>bridgewater paid 100k base last year to 1st years out of undergrad</p>
<p>but that doesnt change the fact that astonmartin's a complete tool</p>
<p>edit: actually, he said pe funds pay 100k, not hf. nevermind - he's both wrong AND a tool</p>
<p>Yup, birdman000's got it. HFs pay well - that's pretty much a given. PE, on the other hand, doesn't pay analysts out of college more than 80k (that includes the megafunds like BX, BC, SL, Apollo, and Cerberus).</p>
<p>And, yes, astonmartin is a complete tool. Agreed there as well.</p>
<p>My bad, I was referring to compensation (including bonus), since I was comparing that to the ibanking salaries that the OP is looking for. </p>
<p>Speaking of bedtimes, I'm assuming you're one of the Lehman or Merrill layoffs and that is why you are checking CC every 15 minutes or so?</p>
<p>I'm just shocked, given how the world feels about ibankers these days, that no one has mentioned the world's oldest profession.</p>
<p>Farmer or Prostitute?</p>
<p>Very few jobs outside of finance pay as well, especially at the top of the pyramid. </p>
<p>That said, I know people who either started tech companies or joined companies like Google really early on and are richer than 95% of people in finance. They also have a much better lifestyle. </p>
<p>Also, some people in consulting make more than a lot of i-bankers if you look at their compensation on an hourly basis. I know consultants that make $400/hr, but they have PhD's from MIT, etc.</p>
<p>How does consulting compare to Ibanking?</p>
<p>consulting</a> vs ib</p>