Stop kidding yourself and stop feeling sorry for yourself -- this post is needlessly melodramatic. You were not working with the 'smartest people in america' n

Stop kidding yourself and stop feeling sorry for yourself -- this post is needlessly melodramatic. You were not working with the 'smartest people in america' nor where you really hurting or helping anyone to a great degree. You were helping some people maintain (read: not lose) their wealth -- you'd be surprised how bad people are with money. You also contradict yourself, saying how you feel implying that you feel bad that you helped rich people get richer, then at the same time say that you didn't really help anyone do better than the market (which in 2011 closed at near 0 growth) I work in finance for a much larger bank than you do, and I take that paycheck (which isn't any higher than what an well paid engineer gets in the valley) and invest it every night in a home, food, and debt. Then I take the spare time I have left over and design software to help mentally and emotionally disabled children. You can sit around and blog about how sorry you feel about the money you have in the bank, or you can do do something responsible with it and turn it into a real contribution.