To even get into the hedge-fund industry is a feat in itself.
- You HAVE to graduate from certain "targeted" schools...usually Ivy league or the "close to" like Stanford, Georgia Tech, Cal-Berkeley or MIT.
- You HAVE to have a very high GPA
- You HAVE to have connections
- You HAVE to be willing to work many hours during your first years after college to get to the point of managing large hedge-fund accounts
What the guy in that article/blog is the normal for successful hedge-fund managers. They do it for a few years then burn out...hopefully with enough money to retire to start their own business easily (usually in someone unrelated to hedge-funds & high-finance).
Good for him...but I don't know if I could keep up that "academic and work pressure" through my 20's.
- You HAVE to graduate from certain "targeted" schools...usually Ivy league or the "close to" like Stanford, Georgia Tech, Cal-Berkeley or MIT.
- You HAVE to have a very high GPA
- You HAVE to have connections
- You HAVE to be willing to work many hours during your first years after college to get to the point of managing large hedge-fund accounts
What the guy in that article/blog is the normal for successful hedge-fund managers. They do it for a few years then burn out...hopefully with enough money to retire to start their own business easily (usually in someone unrelated to hedge-funds & high-finance).
Good for him...but I don't know if I could keep up that "academic and work pressure" through my 20's.