Then again, how do most people choose their careers. - I like video games, so I'll be a programmer. - I want to be a ballerina / baseball player / rock star /

Then again, how do most people choose their careers. - I like video games, so I'll be a programmer. - I want to be a ballerina / baseball player / rock star / etc. - Read a sci fi book and now want to do genetic engineering. - Read My Life As A Quant and want to be a quant. A friend of mine is a life sciences lawyer at a firm that bills upwards of $800/hr ... his reason for choosing that path was watching the movie Gattaca. Not joking.