> I'm not sure I really believe that. I can believe it. I once worked at an investment bank where, during bonus time, I needed to deal with an issue at a tradi

> I'm not sure I really believe that. I can believe it. I once worked at an investment bank where, during bonus time, I needed to deal with an issue at a trading desk. While there I had the following conversation with a particularly angry fixed income trader. Me: Hey Trader, what's got you so pissed off? Trader: Just got my bonus. I got 13MM, but Trader2 got 16MM! Can you believe it?! I made way more money than Trader2 this year!!! Me: ... His anger had nothing to do with total dollar amounts. It was only that someone he rates himself against made more. Nice problems to have.