Re:The Prestige Trap: finance, big tech, and consulting
by vikinghckr on Saturday November 14, 2020 @03:10PM
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Top 10% of FAANG is, what, around 30K-40K in raw numbers? What's the top 10% in Big Finance? I'd bet it's far lower number compared to that. So it's not apples to apples comparison. If you compare what top 10,000 FAANG engineers make 10 years into their careers vs what top 10,000 finance folks make 10 years into theirs, I'm pretty sure FAANG will come out ahead.
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Re:The Prestige Trap: finance, big tech, and consulting
by hailwren on Saturday November 14, 2020 @04:32PM
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(for Harvard grads) is the important part there.
Re:The Prestige Trap: finance, big tech, and consulting
by ls612 on Saturday November 14, 2020 @06:13PM
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Is it because they have ‘Harvard’ on their resumes or is it that Harvard still admits mostly some of the smartest and most driven people in the country? Ie could a person who is in the top 2% of a flagship state school keep up with the top 10% Harvard grad or is that name on their resume forever going to hold them back?
Re:The Prestige Trap: finance, big tech, and consulting
by whimsicalism on Saturday November 14, 2020 @08:22PM
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> could a person who is in the top 2% of a flagship state school keep up with the top 10% Harvard grad or is that name on their resume forever going to hold them back?
If it's a good flagship, absolutely can keep up.