Why DONT you want to be well paid?

I really find it hard to understand why people go for low paid jobs when they seem to have the intellectual capability to aim for industries which are relatively well-paid.

I see students who have the credentials and the profile potential to enter industries such as law, investment banking being etc.. but instead choose to go into places such as teaching. Are they just lazy?

So if you do intend to get out of bed for a job that pays less than £50k a year and you're smart (i.e flawless grades/credible uni/strong ECs), why? what's your motivation?

inb4, "it's my passion".

Lol. Yeah, smart enough to realise that if you just want money then the best exit opp is pre-entry. That friend regretted his time in banking because he found it boring, didn't enjoy it and didn't even need a great deal of start up cash for his business. His contacts came from business he was into before banking.

Maybe when you mature you will realise that just because you have a hard-on for IB, it is a niche and geeky interest and isn't worth it solely for the money. That is why people don't want it, whether they are 'smart' enough or not.

I know a few people who are in/have formerly worked in IB and they aren't the richest people I know. There are more entrepreneurs and more wealth in it generally than IB.

I have a friend in the wholesale business who made his first million at 19. He is 22 now - you have focused your life for probably 2-3 years so far and probably the next 2-3 just to get a ****ty 50 grand a year to slave away doing what most people would find uninteresting.

Bottom line - if you happen to find that stuff interesting and worth aspiring to then great but understand that most people find that it is geeky, dull and the game isn't worth the candle. So try and grow up and learn the fact that your 'passion' isn't exciting to other people and try to understand that your lack of understanding why it isn't everyone's choice just makes you seem autistic

Low paid jobs = work life balance
Highly paid jobs = no life whatsoever!

Not really, some carers/teachers work extremely long hours for low pay whilst some executives work a normal week for above average.

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ignorance is strong in this one.

Not what I've heard / witnessed with my own eyes! I'm on a low wage, and I've got a work /life balance. Whereas there are people who earn in the region of £90k where I work, and they have no life whatsoever!!

Perhaps it's down to industry that people work in?

Or a reality check 'is strong in this one'. I understand to be fair, you come from a deprived area and background so the thought of potentially making a lot of money excites you. Though, from what I have read in the past you break down when trying to talk to girls and don't know how to have fun. If you go into IB, the work, work, work nature of the job means you won't have much time to do either of the two, so it does seem like a perfect match

Yeah, I agree with you but was just pointing it out. I think generally the rule is right but there are exceptions.

For example, tube drivers get the same salary as a junior banker despite the fact the train drives itself. Perfect example of high pay meets normal working hours.

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Lol wut, tube driver get bonus. I'm studying the wrong degree

There is little difference between earning 50k and 80k. Once you are up in the high end, you don't need to worry about money ever again.

Why accept a job for more money when you have one that you love which provides sufficient money for everything you love.

I can understand moving to a better paid but less satisfying job if you are in desperate financial need; but otherwise?

Dude, because money is bae. Money = power = respect = get hotter girls

That is superficially speaking. Jobs with a lot of money and power means a huge responsibility in most of the cases too. Not everyone is made for such positions.

Dude, because money is bae. Money = power = respect = get hotter girls

What's the point of a career if you don't have huge levels of responsibility?