India, June 23 -- A former Wall Street trader has revealed that he chose to let go of his high-stakes job to take up tutoring from home, making over $1,000 or Rs.86,650 per hour. Talking to CNBC Make It, Steven Menking revealed how he reinvented his career with one-on-one tutoring after feeling burnt out at his old job.

Menking said that his New York-based job drained him, and he quit it in 2014 to find something new. He swapped his six-figure job for a more flexible and fulfilling career in education.

Now, he works 20-25 hours a week tutoring students to help them overcome academic issuesand giving career advice. While he started by charging $50-$100 an hour for his guidance, he slowly increased the rates and modified his work life to ...