predicament. Would you rather make $80k/year at a media company and have a lot of fun and work maybe 30 hours a week, everyone you work with is fun to be around and most of the job is visible (in the public eye) OR work 60 - 80 hours a week making $250k/year + bonuses at a hedge fund where no one knows you and you barely know the people you work with because you are all working so much. Media Company in Austin. Hedge Fund in NYC.