I think there are two fundamental reasons why even intelligent, technical people look down on making money through finance. One is lack of financial literacy an

I think there are two fundamental reasons why even intelligent, technical people look down on making money through finance. One is lack of financial literacy and deep understanding understanding of how it works. Second is that with finance, one can make money without creating a tangible product or service- anathema to the engineer mindset. While I do not do finance for a living, I have scratched the surface and recognize that there are infinite interesting problems out there in finance waiting to be solved.