After doing some research, I am becoming concerened that sales is not the place to be with the current state of the industry and It's the most vulnerable position to be cut in the industry. Do you think S&T Salesman is still a good long-term-career?
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't reconsidering my future after reading all of this. I guess I just have to work hard and search for opportunities wherever I can find them.
If you're good at sales, firing is a non-issue as good sales people get rehired faster than any other role. Usually we're talking within weeks i.e. pretty instantly and with immediate start within days. Different timescale to other roles. Employers don't care about why you were fired as long as you have that salesperson personality in evidence.
Plus good sales people I know usually develop good contact networks very fast anyway, and early on, so they have someone to vouch for them.
That's in general. In client facing roles in finance you want someone with the sales skills but that can sound like they know their shit and, to an extent, that do. There's 2 nightmares - one is the person with no soft skills, which isn't a problem here. But the other is being the spiv that leaves out details or leaves clients high and dry from not understanding basics, not answering important Qs etc etc.
I am talkative, high energy, and thrive around people. I am strongly goal and problem solving oriented and have the ability to work extremely efficient on tight deadlines. I tend to focus on the big picture and I am able to think strategically and maintain their long-term focus. I value truthfulness, consistency and equality and think logically when making decisions. I am a passionate of Math and investing/ Finance and I would like to talk to smart people. What would the alternatives be? If HF's were dying, as well as S&T- if that's so, what careers are best to start to pursue?
Don't confuse being good with people socially/down the pub with being good at sales. For one thing, the core skill is having that same energy even at the end of a bad day of 20 rejections.
In a previous life I did salesy jobs and market research (calling up businesses to do surveys). Mathematics and physics graduates weren't any better or worse than others, you're not that unique. The Big Bang Theory image is way off and people tend to paint their picture of mathematicians and physicists on the basis of a handful of geeks that live up to that image.
The problem I find with math/physics students isn't anything to do with personality as such, more difficulties when being asked to sell complex products. Or products with any complexity at all. That covers most of finance. When you know your stuff, it can be much harder not to fall into the trap of going around in circles talking about irrelevant minutae, particularly as questions on financial products will be very specific and detailed anyway.
If this is too much, other options are business origination or trading roles. They require personality and client facing, but are much more of a mix of people and technical skills. But first self examine how strong your personal skills really are - I'm not going to psychoanalyse based over the internet. Sleazy charlatans do that.