Originally Posted by
bamike
Why would you leave your wall street job without even a PPL? You don't even have your private yet, it's a long way to 1500 hours from here.
Edit: I see you are unmarried, have no kids and saved a crap ton of money working on the street. As long as you are okay with the multi-million dollar opportunity cost of your decision, and the very real risk that over time your passion for aviation will decrease, then go for it.
Wall Street compensation is really concentrated around the bonus. After bonus season everyone moves on to their next gig. It's cyclical. Bonuses where I was were not very competitive let's call it. The alpha generators (money makers) all either retired or moved on to another institution.
Instead of hopping back on the hamster wheel I'd rather give aviation a real shot. Figured it's not going to get better than this as far as hiring and if I am going to do it this is the time.