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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IB, MBB consulting, and Big Law attracts a type. I am not at all surprised that the BoA banker was a former Green Beret. The pushing beyond normal limits is a part of the draw. And the compensation is a tangible metric that rewards their sense of achievement. Money and prestige is their shiny brass ring.

A healthy person though quickly learns that this is no way to go through life. The costs - personal life, health, other interests, friendships, sleep, etc - outweigh the benefits in "prestige" and money. So the healthy person eventually regards their time at McKinsey, or Goldman, or Kirkland as a way station they can leverage into a more sane and fulfilling position elsewhere. And they leave.

As for those that continue on the path toward managing director? I don't think it's a coincidence that Wall Street as an industry has the highest percentage of clinical psychopaths of any industry in the world. American Psycho isn't that great of an exageration. No doubt Big Law is right up there too. The healthy people don't stay. The trick is not to die on the way to the exit.  [/quote]

This is reminding me of when my B-School gave an award to one of the highest ranking women at Goldman Sachs (a Boomer for sure).  She told the audience or the student reporter (it was published as a quote) that she loved her job more than being a mother.  She had four kids.  Shudder!  I always wondered how that worked out for the kids.  And why my school was sucking up to her besides "Goldman".  She wasn't our alum. [/quote]

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