A similar thing could be said by a wall street trader about why someone would want to work on behavioral psychology when their isn't nearly as much money in it.

A similar thing could be said by a wall street trader about why someone would want to work on behavioral psychology when their isn't nearly as much money in it. Some people value money, other people value helping people, and others on working on difficult problem. Everyone has their own preferences and fortunately, you get to choose what job you want to work on to maximize the value you get from your job.