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Having lived there and worked both inside and outside of finance, I don't think it's so much pedigree-focused as paycheck-focused. New York is the only city whe

Having lived there and worked both inside and outside of finance, I don't think it's so much pedigree-focused as paycheck-focused. New York is the only city where you can say you're a banker, and someone you just met will ask "what kind of banker." There are circles where your college / private school matter but I'd argue that's still less true in NY than in London or even Boston. I felt like I was rarely asked what schools I went to. The funny thing is that the NYers in finance or law will often tell you how much they'd rather be working at a startup. (Or, well, anything else.)

busterarm 13y ago
> The funny thing is that the NYers in finance or law will often tell you how much they'd rather be working at a startup. (Or, well, anything else.) Yuuup. I can't even count on two hands the number of people I know who left finance and went on to physical jobs they thought were more satisfying. Bike messengers (like I did) were common, but so were roughnecks, delivery drivers and all sorts of other odd jobs.