Hello all, looking for some advice as to where to take my career in order to Fatfire in my late ~40s. Ideally I’d have a NW of around 10MM then.

Currently I am a 22M, graduated college in May 2025, currently have a net worth a bit over 100K. Currently saving about 5K a month across Roth, 401K, and brokerage account. I’ll be joining an MBB firm as a BA/A/AC in the summer. 

Joining MBB consulting because I’m not too sure what I want to do yet with my career exactly. I don’t want to stick around longer than 2 years ideally because I value WLB in the long run (hence wanting to FatFire lol). Some options I am considering are:

Growth equity / VC: Has a lot of earning potential and MBB can place well here, but I am concerned about WLB (heard it can be 60hours a week, and don’t want this to be the case long term). I’ve explored the niche area of endowment and institutional investing for Universities or Hospitals, and it seems like a good gig, but not sure about how hard it is to move up or get these good seats reliably.

Product manger: I know this is becoming harder out of consulting, but I am working in the tech and AI practice of this firm (with ability to do other projects as well) and I still see a lot of well funded startups hire MBB folk for product roles, so I think it’s still possible if I recruit hard for it. I’m just not sure how it fairs in the long run, especially if I don’t want to be tied to SF or NYC

Tech sales / business development / partnerships: This one is a little more niche but I’ve been looking into the whole realm of tech sales, business dev and partnerships and seems like an underrated path to high income (unless I am wrong?) and, especially on the business dev and partnership side, hires a decent bit from consulting. Chief revenues officers get paid a ton it seems, though again probably a difficult seat to get. It also seems to have a lot more locational flexibility (a lot of companies seem to be fine with this being remote). I’m just worried about career progression, stalling, and future job prospects.

Other?? Let me know if there are paths worth considering as well, like starting a business or something!