my first (only) financial advisor was a manager at RadioShack for 10 years before he got the advisor job.

relatedly, i once applied as a network admin at Ed Jones. They didn't have their shit together when i showed up for the interview, and gave me the questions for the financial advisor interview instead. it was an automatic process, about 100 questions that were some variant of "how good or bad do you feel about asking your friends to buy financial products you don't understand well, and will you also please ask them to recommend you to their friends?"

i didn't get the job. and i fired the advisor.