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The people supporting this movement seem to say that people should choose entrepreneurship over financial services/consulting etc. because it is better for the
by wtvanhest 15y ago
The people supporting this movement seem to say that people should choose entrepreneurship over financial services/consulting etc. because it is better for the economic good of society.
Maybe, but entrepreneurship takes a much different skill set than various financial roles and even in finance an investment banker has way different skills than a quantitative hedge fund analyst.
When we start talking about the smartest 5% of people on earth even within that smart group there are huge differences in skills.
Most entrepreneurs could not be hedge fund analysts or even stock pickers and most stock pickers and hedge fund analysts cannot be entrepreneurs.
- wtvanhest 15y agoAt first I was surprised by the down-vote, but then realized the audience on HN is comprised by a large percentage of people who are in financial services and thinking about making the entrepreneurial plunge. We are in the minority of people in financial services and when I look around I doubt highly that the people I work with would ever want or be able to run a startup.
- wisty 15y agoWell, a lot might make good accountants, VCs, managers, or consultants. You probably wouldn't want all the smart people doing web startups, either.