Investment Management

See: Gunslinger. See: Portfolio Manager. See: Hedge Fund Manager. See: Private Equity Manager. See: Mutual Fund Manager.

Ah, investment management. Lucrative fees. Loving Wall Street rubber chicken lunches. Blowhards opining on the future of the economy. Politicos a$$-kissing, with forked tongues.

The only catch? You have to be right. Right about your investment picks. Right about holding cash versus being invested in the market. Right about fund flows. Right about "everything." If you're not, well, there are thousands of other highly talented, competitive people who'd be more than happy to take your multi-million dollar a year job from you.

The skill set lives in a bunch of careers. Read all about them in our Wall Street Careers section.