I've always thought that for many people, the social respectability factor goes hand in hand with the money. One thing I've noticed is that the children of peo

I've always thought that for many people, the social respectability factor goes hand in hand with the money. One thing I've noticed is that the children of people who were successful in some risky endeavor (entrepreneurship) tend to be much more likely to take a 'safe' socially respectable job (law, medicine), even if it has a much lower income ceiling, even when they don't have tons of loans to pay off which would necessitate a higher income floor. Some smart people just really are interested in law and medicine too, so we can't discount that. But it is interesting that a top tier CS major will make 80% as much as a top tier law grad, yet have 3 years less schooling and work 1/2 the hours, but you don't see kids from upper-class homes flocking to CS, at least in my experience.