I'm coming to the end of my PhD, and have been contacted by a few recruiters for various hedge funds. It seems like a shame to leave academia. Realistically tho

I'm coming to the end of my PhD, and have been contacted by a few recruiters for various hedge funds. It seems like a shame to leave academia. Realistically though, most people will be stuck in a series of ~18 month postdoc contracts, with little prospect of getting tenure. Add to this the poor pay, and hedge funds start to seem pretty attractive!