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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From what I've seen investment banking is for scheming swots that don't have the capacity for medical school. Surgeon prestige > banker prestige.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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

Ok  :roll:

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. [b]I have not the slightest interest in touching random bodies, most of which are probably dirty and smell bad. Fucking gross.[/b]

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.[/quote]

Well aren't you an elitist little snob. Sorry other people's cleanliness standards aren't up to your level.[/quote]

I don't care how it sounds, it's true that they're usually not up to my standards. My best friend is an OBGYN in an upscale area and even there she has a bunch of horror stories about the way her patients smell and the kinds of problems they run into. No fucking way would I want to do any of that, I don't care HOW much you pay me (which is currently way less - hundreds of thousands - than people in finance make anyway).[/quote]

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