Good for wealth. Not so good for quality of life. Also, finance has the reputation of being pretty brutal: if things go badly for you you could find yourself out of a job and not so wealthy after all.
(Also also: changes in the regulatory environment or in economic performance could have a larger impact on how lucrative finance is. It wasn't always as much a money-fountain as it has been lately.)
[EDITED to fix a typo: I accidentally wrote "had" instead of "has" in the third sentence.]
Not so good for quality of life.
That looks to be a popular meme which is not true in reality.
Of course, there is the usual question of "compared to what?"
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