Most students only hear about investment banking and “Wall Street.” This 8-week course maps the real industry: grind roles, builders, advisors, infrastructure careers, military and quant paths, and a personal strategy for choosing tradeoffs you can actually live with.
What's Included
- 20 careers across five tiers (grind, climb, hustle, mission, wild cards)
- Six dimensions: compensation, time cost, barrier, optionality, autonomy, mission alignment
- Full readings, homework + teacher answer keys, production .docx, and web lecture slides (Riches Redeemed plum)
- Capstone: personal financial mission statement and career strategy map
- Best after Riches Redeemed and/or Advanced Finance
Production Status (July 2026)
- Readings Ch1–8 complete (~38K words)
- Homework + answer keys Ch1–8 complete
- MERGED research integration on Ch6–7; production .docx rebuilt
- 115 web slides (8 weeks); shared slide player: careers-in-finance
- Video production blueprints for all 8 weeks
- LMS scaffold at
~/Code/AJES Education/careers-in-finance(RR plum chassis; domain candidatecareers.ajesacademy.com)