What's the appeal of working on Wall Street?

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Anonymous wrote:From what I've seen investment banking is for scheming swots that don't have the capacity for medical school. Surgeon prestige > banker prestige.

No. It's the difference between people who like sciences (biology or chemistry) vs. people who like math.

Fwiw, money (and probably the hours too) is much better in finance.

Maybe, but being a doctor is incredibly more important and fulfilling to anyone who has a shred of soul.

Ok

You realize that a lot of people have NO interest in being a doctor right? You're dealing with the foulest stuff. Blood, organs, strange human bodies. I have not the slightest interest in touching random bodies, most of which are probably dirty and smell bad. Fucking gross.

Besides, which, it's inaccurate imo to say there is no point to finance. Do you have a 401k or a pension plan? If you have a 401k, do you invest in mutual funds? Someone somewhere along the line is most likely making decisions that affect your investments , with the ultimate goal of growing your (and a lot of other people's) money so you can retire someday and not have to work until you drop dead. But that is totally worthless right? No benefit to society.

LOL LOL LOL!! Wall Street fought for the right to rip off my 401k plan. Wall Street in its current iteration is a drain on society, not a benefit.

You do realize this will on;y get worse if Wall Street buys the WHite House for Hillary, right?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From what I've seen investment banking is for scheming swots that don't have the capacity for medical school. Surgeon prestige > banker prestige.

No. It's the difference between people who like sciences (biology or chemistry) vs. people who like math.

Fwiw, money (and probably the hours too) is much better in finance.

Maybe, but being a doctor is incredibly more important and fulfilling to anyone who has a shred of soul.

Ok

You realize that a lot of people have NO interest in being a doctor right? You're dealing with the foulest stuff. Blood, organs, strange human bodies. I have not the slightest interest in touching random bodies, most of which are probably dirty and smell bad. Fucking gross.

Besides, which, it's inaccurate imo to say there is no point to finance. Do you have a 401k or a pension plan? If you have a 401k, do you invest in mutual funds? Someone somewhere along the line is most likely making decisions that affect your investments , with the ultimate goal of growing your (and a lot of other people's) money so you can retire someday and not have to work until you drop dead. But that is totally worthless right? No benefit to society.

LOL LOL LOL!! Wall Street fought for the right to rip off my 401k plan. Wall Street in its current iteration is a drain on society, not a benefit.

You do realize this will on;y get worse if Wall Street buys the WHite House for Hillary, right?

If this election shows anything, it's that money can't buy you votes. Why else would Trump be failing so badly if he's a billionaire?

[Anonymous]

Medicine is fulfilling.

Finance might provide a good lifestyle but the guys are always bald and unhappy and in the end know they wasted their life.