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You conveniently ignored "and all your friends at other firms that made 10x got a bigger check than you." People compare themselves to their peers. That's how i
by harryh 14y ago
You conveniently ignored "and all your friends at other firms that made 10x got a bigger check than you." People compare themselves to their peers. That's how it works.
- nilkn 14y agoI "ignored" that because it's total speculation, invented by the person above. It wasn't included in the source article at all. And it's also completely irrelevant. Some of his peers on Wall Street got a bonus not of $2 million but of $20 million. If you can't emotionally handle that, then yes, you should definitely get off of Wall Street. You will never be the guy making the most money there. The only people who are compensated exactly for the value they create are the people who risk their own money.