Finance vs Tech Careers

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Okay /biz/, I'm at a crossroads and I need some advice.

I have 2y experience in tech as an analyst, a Business MSc background, but learned to program on the job (python and SQL). Also excellent excel.

Do I become:

>a Developer
I really like programming, and seem to have a knack for it, so despite no CS degree I'm confident I could get a dev job with a bit of upskilling. My fear here is that you're fucked after the age of 35 as a dev, and my lack of CS degree would probably impact my earnings.

or

>Go into finance, probably into Equity Research and them aim to get into hedge funds
Always been interested in finance, but hadn't considered it too much as a career after college. Become more interested in it over the past year, and learned more about it. I've always found the nuts and bolts of modelling to be pretty fucking dull, but I enjoy investing and the business side, and public markets really interest me. Plus I like suits more than I like working in normal clothes. My fear here is that breaking in might be near-impossible 2 years out of college, and I could end up doing a job that pays well but that I don't have a natural feel for.


My goals are essentially:
>Accumulate wealth (want to be earning 300-500k a year by the end of my career)
>Have a prestigious job that I enjoy, and makes me feel confident (sounds like a lame reason, but if you've work in a backend role before you'll know what I mean, it makes you feel like a cuck every day. This is my main fear with a dev job)
>Go into business for myself after a few years

Which do I choose?