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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Alternatively, here is a Peter Singer piece on why corporate workers who want to do the most good should stay where they are and donate a portion of their income instead of switching fields or volunteering. If you could donate say 50k a year of your finance salary (and potentially more over time) you could probably change a lot of lives, for example instead of being a therapist to battered women encouraging them to leave an abusive spouse by talking about it, you could provide safe housing to three families by donating to a nonprofit that provides housing with HUD contracts.

http://www.theage.com.au/small-business/dont-volunteer-go-back-to-work-the-new-dogooders-getting-bang-for-their-buck-20170323-gv4lgw.html[/quote]

I can see how organizations could feel this way. Its the constant battle of money vs volunteers and I can understand both sides of the argument.  For me, personally time is a much more precious commodity in my life right now. If I donate my time it is only for something I really believe in deeply. Money I give relatively freely, but my time is much more important to me. Giving of my skills is selfish on my part. If I can use my talents to help out, it makes me feel good, and that is very selfish I know. As far as the career change though, im just not happy with Finance, thought about it for a while and wondered if in the end, I wouldnt  feel miserable staying in a career that didn't fulfill me just for the monetary benefits. I think there are other considerations that are far more important than money when looking at this... [/quote]

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