我搞砸了，然后赶上了。接下来是什么？
大家好，很高兴来到这里。
I'm looking for some honest advice on career options, what can I feasibly move in to and what is definitely off-limits due to my background?
The Full Story: I started out as a musician, so that's what I did at university. I have a first class honours degree but it's in music from a no-name university. Two years after graduating I realised I cared more about making money than I did about music, so I decided to try and get in to finance/banking. Obviously there was no way I could get in toIBwith my background, but I was advised you can get in to finance/banking by qualifying as an accountant first. After 2 years in a small accounting practice, I managed to get a job in management accounting at the head office of a big PLC (high street retailer). Within 5 years I had qualified with CIMA and been promoted 3 times, from an assistant accountant to the finance manager in charge of accounting/reporting for the UK & Ireland. I'm already fed up of accounting, butI enjoy financial modelling, FP&A and finance business partnering. I'm determined to move in to the higher paid world of finance, but at 33 I've accepted that前台IB/PE/HFis probably impossible by now. I'm thinking of applying for buy-side or sell-side股权研究职位, or FP&A jobs at investment banks/PE公司，我的最后一个手段可能是产品控制。这些似乎是现实的，我错过了任何明显的东西吗？我的首要任务是赚取潜力，因此我想通过我的不寻常背景来确定薪水最高的机会。我想我可以进入back officeatIB/PE/HFbut does this usually pay more than the same type of role at a big non-finance company? Otherwise I may as well stay where I am and keep climbing in corporate FP&A.
TLDR：1。对于重新培训会计师并想进入资金/银行业的音乐家来说，有哪些现实选择？2.做back office jobs at investmentbanks pay much more than equivalent back office jobs at F500-size companies?
Thanks in advance!
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#MBAOver30
Get one.
Do anMBAand CFA
This comes off as a huge red flag to me and a bit immature, especially since you mention so many different roles like ER, FP&A,IB,HF,PE在your post. Yes they all earn a lot and share similar skills, but they are still very different careers.
In my early 20s I was also obsessed with maximizing my earnings potential and gaveIBrecruiting a shot. However, I never converted my internships because I wasn't interested in the actual job, just the money and status. I did find parts of the job interesting, like modeling, but that really only fooled me to stick to the pipe dream longer than I should have.
尽管浪费了我20多岁的钱和声望，但在30多岁时，我最终拒绝了常春藤联盟的接受和BB前台量化的报价。我自然而然地做了所有这些，甚至没有尝试招募或磨碎。结果的主要区别是因为我了解了日本的概念Ikigai, which explains how to pursue career growth in balanced way as opposed to optimizing a single thing.
年龄实际上只是一个数字。只要您完成工作，没有人关心您的年龄。得到一个MBAif you really need to break into finance. However at 33 you have already consumed half of your youth. You need to be doing things for the right reasons and not thinking like a 20 year old anymore. Why do you even need to maximize your earnings despite having established a strong career already? Do you owe million dollars in debt to the mob or something?
Point taken, I know I'm flip-flopping a lot on roles, mostly due to panicking that I've missed the boat on the higher paid industries because I wasted so much time on music before. If I carry on with the FP&A route it looks like I could just about get to £100k but it's frustrating knowing that if I made better choices years ago then I could potentially be in an industry paying multiples of that for the equivalent years of experience. I genuinely don't mind what kind of role I'm in so long as it's intellectually challenging and pays well.
As for the obsession with maximising earnings: 1. Always been money-hungry, don't think that's ever going to change 2. I'm high-IQ but had to start with a minimum wage accounts job because I screwed my education and missed out on grad schemes, still carrying a hefty chip on my shoulder over that and determined to catch up to where I could have got to 3. I just became a dad and want my family to have the best I can possibly provide. Yes there's more to life than money but good neighbourhood, schools, holidays etc just comes down to money. If I have the potential to acheive that then I think I should go for it.
Thanks for the detailed reply, appreciate it. Lots to consider...
Disagree. A lot of people wish they could've dedicated their lives to music for a few years. Sure it closed some doors, but it was probably a critical part of your character development. I wouldn't see this a huge negative. Music is a beautiful thing.
This is just speculation. You also could've washed out and just as unhappy with yourself as you are now. Money is a drug and many people can't seem to find happiness no matter how much they make. We always tell ourselves we'll be happy when we hit a certain amount. In my experience that never really happens. You'd be surprised how insecure those high earning individuals are sometimes. Just look at the culture on WSO and Blind.
我不认识你，所以我不会严厉地判断。我只想警告您，这种想法很危险。可以想要更多的钱。但是，仅仅因为您的成绩并不像我可能对我不健康。我真的会挖掘为什么您有这种感觉。您小时候对金钱有糟糕的经历吗？许多孩子被搞砸了，因为他们长大了，长大了，不知道如何平衡自己对金钱的渴望与生活中的其他一切。
这支安打回家我曾经认为是一样的。I really think you should let go of your past and accept two things.
1）您当时可能会尽力而为。
2) Intelligence is really just a small part of your character that gets over emphasized in our youth.
Kids who focus too much on intelligence end up as very shitty adults sometimes, because they carry themselves on their wit and never develop grit. The real world is full of bullshit impeding our success yet has nothing to do with intelligence. Sometimes the smarter kid is the one who realizes that the world doesn't care if you are smart, but rather if you are practical, reliable, and deliver impact.
Forgive yourself for the level of maturity you had at the time. Intelligence is highly overrated and drives people to make poor assessments of themselves. I'm sure you've met a few pretty women who are crazy because they've always got the princess treatment. Well, smarts is the same double edged dagger.
每个人都有无限的潜力。我不怀疑你u'll become a financier if you truly wanted to. I just don't think you've considered what you'd have to give up to get there. Try to be balanced in your decisions. Focusing just on money is like putting all your eggs in one basket. You need to diversify and lead a balanced life. I guarantee your kids would rather you spend more quality time and act as their role model than sending them to good schools and whatever else money will buy. Kids who have those things can still end up pretty screwed up.
老实说，我敢打赌你做得很好。您无需赶上任何人。你只能做你自己。
Bumping this to say
1. Thanks, you were right! I've calmed down a lot about "maximising earnings", I think I was just in a new-dad phase of wanting to provide the best for the family, discovering the world of extremely well-paid high-finance jobs then realising it was probably too late to get in. Someone I work with just did the same thing - found out he was about to become a dad and instantly bailed out to get the highest paying job he could find. I told him don't worry, that phase soon passes!
2. I've taken a logical next step. I've managed to score a relatively well-paid FP&A role for a group which has just been taken over by aPEfirm, and need a completely new FP&A team. I'm hoping once I've made a positive impact I can repeat the exercise for anotherPE收购或两个，然后利用合并的经验可能移至PE坚定，尽管我知道这是一个长期的。最糟糕的情况似乎一直呆在高级FP＆A角色中，我喜欢这项工作，所以这不是一个不好的选择。最好的情况...让我们看看会发生什么！
Cheers guys
现在，这是一种考虑您的背景并为成功定位自己的聪明方法！打开一扇让您令人兴奋的门时，您没有放弃一件事。也许这将成为一个好的利基市场，重组新购买的公司的财务控制。
Congrats and genuinely happy for you.
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