the_kuds

Does salary vary by region / site? Or is this pay standard for someone doing your job

Yeah seems like you gotta know somebody for any job really. But makes sense, I was going to say with that salary why aren’t more people going for jobs like this? Feel like there are a lot of people that could do this job with great pay and work life balance but aren’t willing to live in places like Alaska? Thanks for doing this AMA I drive by a mine on my way home to see family in NJ a lot and I’m always interested about what goes on there

That’s a good chunk of bread to bring home. Is there a shortage of workers in this field? Also what are the typical qualifications for people such as yourself that are accepted for this work?

Do you have any off-site responsibilities that you need to take care of outside of the 14 days a month (paperwork / management tasks or anything)?

“Any” is a stretch but I look at most of the people in my network and they leveraged a connection to land the position they have now whether they knew a person or someone they knew, knew a person. At least for their second job out of college where there isn’t structured recruiting.

Heading into account management post MBA at an asset manager that focuses on fixed income. Thoughts on sustainability/longevity of this career given AI / growth of passive funds? I’d be handling institutional clients.

Lastly I don’t want to take the CFA - do you think this will be a barrier of growth for me in the industry?