I've heard a lot of people remark that getting into finance is often not as lucrative as many people think, and building a book and getting ahead is quite arduous. Any insight on this front?

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Building a book is only relevant for financial advisors or other brokers/agents. That is like 1% of. Financial professionals. You’re gonna have to be more specific. Private Equity is also finance, and those people consistently make millions.

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Or you can do fp&a and go CFO route and while not make millions, still earn well

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There’s like 1000 routes

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