I think there's a bias to this question where someone thinks of a place they should be working and then names 5 people who work there. Or they pick a damn smart

I think there's a bias to this question where someone thinks of a place they should be working and then names 5 people who work there. Or they pick a damn smart mentor who taught them 20 years ago or a celebrity who wrote a book and surprise, surprise they're still there. Heck, if I listed everyone with a PhD from Harvard, they'd be working in the same university. So to be fair, I'll check the 5 people who I don't know what they're up to. 1. Petroleum engineer at a petroleum company. 2. Well engineer at a petroleum company. 3. Manager at a petroleum company. 4. Doctor in a well paid city. 5. Manager at the Ministry of Finance. There's still a bias - all are from the same (expensive) university, so there's a bias towards scholarships or rich kids. All are mid 30s, Malaysian nationals who have lived for years outside their home country. I'm sure the results would be very different plus/minus a decade. Seems like many in their 30s took a job, hated the job, did freelancing etc, ended up in the highest paying job they could find. One was a doctor who became a manager in a petroleum company.