While the anecdote is interesting, for a couple of years I was happy living in New York while earning around $45K. If I'd played the finance game (I also have d

While the anecdote is interesting, for a couple of years I was happy living in New York while earning around $45K. If I'd played the finance game (I also have degree from a top-ranking CS program) I could have earned five times that. But I also know myself enough to know that route would have left me much less happy.