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Why don't our best and brightest go into finance?

With how lucrative the financial industry is, it seems weird...
Spectacular doctorate
  01/28/12
(guy who has no idea what he's talking about)
Disturbing mental disorder
  01/28/12
I have wondered this myself. I think there is something a l...
doobsian violent step-uncle's house people who are hurt
  01/28/12
most smart people like to be challenged intellectually. I d...
Bat shit crazy point
  01/28/12
WTF? Do you know any MIT PhDs?
wine nursing home
  01/28/12
i think a lot of them do, don't they? isn't this one of the ...
stirring locale black woman
  01/28/12
yes bro, they fucked up the economy. all by themselves, they...
Aquamarine exciting skinny woman idea he suggested
  01/28/12
you seem to be the stupidest person here at the moment
stirring locale black woman
  01/28/12
nope. you're a faggot is all.
Aquamarine exciting skinny woman idea he suggested
  01/28/12
tcr
Buff irate brethren
  01/28/12
No, seriously. When pressed for an argument, libs resort to ...
wine nursing home
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Wild stage
  02/02/12
lol @ "dumbfuck narratives". it's 100% true. ...
Infuriating histrionic public bath
  02/02/12
lol
Carnelian vivacious property idiot
  01/28/12
I think they do go into finance. But finance isn't always...
fear-inspiring puppy
  01/28/12
We want our smart kids to become entrepreneurs, first and fo...
Adventurous Space
  01/28/12
or they become libpedo "civil rights" lawyesr aka ...
Aquamarine exciting skinny woman idea he suggested
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They do. You just don't see them because once they are thei...
Comical Dog Poop
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Doctors, also, try to hide how much money they are making an...
fear-inspiring puppy
  01/28/12
yup. I am sure they are happy that everyone thinks the stoc...
Comical Dog Poop
  01/28/12
Not everyone, particularly really smart people who might be ...
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This. God the most credited path in the world has GOT to be...
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Date: January 28th, 2012 10:49 AM
Author: Spectacular doctorate

With how lucrative the financial industry is, it seems weird that the smartest kids don't go there but opt for academia, research, etc. They could probably pwn.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859900&forum_id=2#19851999)



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Date: January 28th, 2012 10:50 AM
Author: Disturbing mental disorder

(guy who has no idea what he's talking about)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859900&forum_id=2#19852003)



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Date: January 28th, 2012 10:52 AM
Author: doobsian violent step-uncle's house people who are hurt

I have wondered this myself. I think there is something a little unsavory about iBanking and going that route - you have to deal with a lot of shitty people and the industry is morally tainted.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859900&forum_id=2#19852011)



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Date: January 28th, 2012 10:53 AM
Author: Bat shit crazy point

most smart people like to be challenged intellectually. I don't think finance offers that much.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859900&forum_id=2#19852018)



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Date: January 28th, 2012 11:20 AM
Author: wine nursing home

WTF? Do you know any MIT PhDs?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859900&forum_id=2#19852103)



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Date: January 28th, 2012 10:52 AM
Author: stirring locale black woman

i think a lot of them do, don't they? isn't this one of the criticisms? that these really smart kids were recruited/seduced into finance, and they created all these impossibly complex financial "instruments," and that they helped to fuck up the economy when they could have been making a contribution to society in another field?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859900&forum_id=2#19852015)



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Date: January 28th, 2012 10:53 AM
Author: Aquamarine exciting skinny woman idea he suggested

yes bro, they fucked up the economy. all by themselves, they pressed the "fuck up the economy" button while in blankfein's inner sanctum.

seriously are libs this fucking stupid? can they be this easily brainwashed with dumbfuck narratives peddled by shitheads at the nation and mother jones?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859900&forum_id=2#19852020)



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Date: January 28th, 2012 10:54 AM
Author: stirring locale black woman

you seem to be the stupidest person here at the moment

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859900&forum_id=2#19852025)



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Date: January 28th, 2012 10:55 AM
Author: Aquamarine exciting skinny woman idea he suggested

nope. you're a faggot is all.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859900&forum_id=2#19852028)



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Date: January 28th, 2012 11:16 AM
Author: Buff irate brethren

tcr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859900&forum_id=2#19852094)



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Date: January 28th, 2012 11:21 AM
Author: wine nursing home

No, seriously. When pressed for an argument, libs resort to ad hominem attacks. Why?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859900&forum_id=2#19852106)



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Date: February 2nd, 2012 11:19 AM
Author: Wild stage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859900&forum_id=2#19881957)



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Date: February 2nd, 2012 1:14 PM
Author: Infuriating histrionic public bath

lol @ "dumbfuck narratives".

it's 100% true. our economy would be better if more smart people in the 1980s-2000s had avoided finance and gone into other fields.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859900&forum_id=2#19882325)



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Date: January 28th, 2012 10:54 AM
Author: Carnelian vivacious property idiot

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859900&forum_id=2#19852021)



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Date: January 28th, 2012 10:54 AM
Author: fear-inspiring puppy

I think they do go into finance.

But finance isn't always a meritorious industry. Also it's a brutal industry and people get burnt out. Economy sucks so even best and brightest are getting fired.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859900&forum_id=2#19852022)



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Date: January 28th, 2012 10:54 AM
Author: Adventurous Space

We want our smart kids to become entrepreneurs, first and foremost. Need to be the social, energetic, "idea" people who can transform the way we live and how companies do business, come up with 180 products, etc. Wall Street should be full of fobby Asians who will grind away and get things right, and we wouldn't mind paying them less.

The real tragedy is that a lot of enterpreneur-type personalities go into bullshit "help the people" type jobs that don't accomplish anything, instead of creating value.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859900&forum_id=2#19852024)



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Date: January 28th, 2012 10:55 AM
Author: Aquamarine exciting skinny woman idea he suggested

or they become libpedo "civil rights" lawyesr aka society destroying faggots.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859900&forum_id=2#19852027)



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Date: January 28th, 2012 10:56 AM
Author: Comical Dog Poop

They do. You just don't see them because once they are their they hide and don't want to draw attention to how much dough they are making. They don't need more people trying to get in the door. Whereas in academia the whole ivory tower depends on more and more lemmings trying to get in at the bottom with their undergrad loan money.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859900&forum_id=2#19852035)



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Date: January 28th, 2012 11:01 AM
Author: fear-inspiring puppy

Doctors, also, try to hide how much money they are making and how dumb they are. They create high entry barriers, and they don't reveal their incomes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859900&forum_id=2#19852050)



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Date: January 28th, 2012 11:11 AM
Author: Comical Dog Poop

yup. I am sure they are happy that everyone thinks the stock market is rigged. I never hear anyone in finance coming out to dispute that claim.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859900&forum_id=2#19852081)



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Date: February 2nd, 2012 11:24 AM
Author: Unhinged Mother

Not everyone, particularly really smart people who might be a bit aspie/awkward, wants to do that type of cutthroat, always reporting to someone type work.

The reason Ph.D. programs get a lot of these kids is because they can work on the research they want, at their own pace and in their own work environment. Many of the super smart kids tend to march to the beat of their own drummer, and as such seek out careers that allow them to continue to do that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859900&forum_id=2#19881979)



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Date: February 2nd, 2012 1:11 PM
Author: ocher orchestra pit french chef

This.

God the most credited path in the world has GOT to be getting tenure at a top institution and then peacing the fuck out, doing whatever interesting hobbies and just writing whatever things you want to write.

Think Noam Chomsky. I mean, he is a LINGUISTICS dood, but all he ever does anymore is write screeds on politics.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859900&forum_id=2#19882322)



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Date: February 2nd, 2012 12:48 PM
Author: insanely creepy kink-friendly travel guidebook



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859900&forum_id=2#19882233)