Why finance jobs are popular

[celandine13]

Ezra Klein just made an argument I've been making since sophomore year of college.

Finance and consulting jobs are popular among elite college students because they give a predictable path to professional life for liberal arts students who have no idea what to do with their educations.  Top banks and consulting firms come to colleges and offer a

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[cubby_t_bear]

This is a pretty awesome post. Is there a reason it's friends-locked? :)

[celandine13]

I friends-lock everything. Someday I'll have a public blog or website, but probably not until I have a more consistent idea of who I am professionally.

[ext_1201163]

I am just a random bloke on the internet who came here from a link. (Hello, and thanks for the articles! I've enjoyed reading them.)

However, I'm not sure if was not meant to see this.

Didn't they all go into computer science at the peak of the .com bubble?

[ext_736599]

And now you're reporting they're all going into finance? And in 10 years, it'll be something else. They'll all probably be going to into geology so they can work for resource extraction companies or going into crop science, because commodities and resource extraction is where it's at. Or maybe it'll be the Dark Ages all over again and everyone will be going into convents and monasteries to meditate. Who knows.

I'm being cynical, but people tend to go where the jobs are, at least if they have a fresh start in life. Or at least where it's easy to get jobs.

Have to keep in mind that getting your foot in the door as a college grad is a pretty tough and scary thing - and if there's someone saying "Hey, it isn't that scary, here's how you get your foot in the door", I don't blame a soon-to-be college grad for listening to that person, as long as they're not a complete scammer.

Nice Post

[snp2019]

Thanks