I worked in finance here and there. There are a lot of smart people there, but also many people with advanced degrees that are more book smart than street smar

I worked in finance here and there. There are a lot of smart people there, but also many people with advanced degrees that are more book smart than street smart. So they sell book-smart snake oil, or help others do that indirectly via a stable of credentialed eggheads. (Cf Nassim Taleb on derivatives shenanigans.) Street smart is a lot more important than book smart on wall street. Too bad I'm so book smart :)