Mid-career MFE for San Francisco job market

[KikiLuki]

Hi,

This question is for people who made mid-career switch with MFE or know good stories.

I have been in finance (business valuations for accounting industry) for over a decade. Hold MBA, CFA and dabble in more complex Excel based valuations of fixed income, derivatives, binomials. Not only I love more quantitative valuations, my career is stuck and needs a major reboot. I live in San Francisco and earn around $150k that supports family and mortgage. Moving to NYC for a 100 hr/week Goldman job is not something I am interested in. I actually have doubts about spending 100% of my time coding.

What opportunities are out there for someone at this stage of their career?

TIA

 

[Canuck]

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20130613-should-i-quit

 

[KikiLuki]

Michael - this is a funny graphics and I probably was not very direct with my question which: Is quant career mostly for young guys getting started in their mid-20's? Is there a meaningful number of success stories with mid-career guys turning into this field?