average starting salary for harvard grads?

sakky
Thu, 30 Jun 2005 01:44:52 +0000

Hey, don’t get me wrong. If you think you can handle it, then go for it. I would just warn you that nobody everybody who wants an IB job actually gets one. Plenty of people spend their entire undergraduate years trying to prime themselves for an IB offer - and get nothing. Furthermore, you will find yourself sorely tempted not to enter that kind of lifestyle when you see your college friends hanging out and having a good time and basically having a life while you’re still slaving away in the office. Yeah, you’re making more money than they are, at some point, you will inevitably ask yourself whether it’s really worth it to make a lot of money if you never enjoy it. You will be mentally tested this way.

Look, there was a time in my life when I used to think that money was everything. Now I realize that I just want to have enough money to enjoy life. A lot of my cohort has come to this realization as well. Yes, we could all make more money if we really wanted to, but at what cost to our own happiness and to the wellbeing of our spouses and families?