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the_kuds4 karma

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

the_kuds3 karma

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

the_kuds2 karma

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)?

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“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.

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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?