<p>I'm a kid who is driven by money.</p>
<p>I wanted to know if there are people on the forum that had a change of career after they realized money isn't enough to dedicate their lives to. Did you realize that sure the salary is great, but it's no longer worth it?</p>
<p>I'm always told "don't do it for the money"/"money can't buy happiness" but I'm nowhere near convinced.</p>
<p>-bumpizzle-</p>
<p>I had a friend in undergrad that swore to me all he ever wanted to do was get an MBA, join a business, make a ton of money, and retire by the time he was 35.</p>
<p>I bumped into him two years after he graduated, and he decided to go for a PhD in Nanotechnology since his business-related job wasn't nearly as fulfilling as he thought it would be (he was an engineer/physics double major for undergrad).</p>
<p>So you support the saying?</p>
<p>How about other users? What do you guys think?</p>
<p>Here's somethign that may interest you...</p>
<p>My Uncle was driven by money. Went into management for money. Made great money...</p>
<p>He died two days ago at a fairly young age. One of the factors? Job stress. Don't do a job for money, because it will bite you in the ass, and bite hard. Please do something that you like. Life is too short as it is...</p>
<p>I'm sorry to hear that AmericanmadeFord...my family has the same concerns for me since I'm always stressed.</p>
<p>I'm thinking of going into IBanking which is definitely no sit back and relax job.</p>
<p>do it for the money, if you get bored you can always change your lifestyle later on (when you're already rich). If you do it not for the money in the beginning, it's kinda hard to switch later</p>
<p>RacinReaver-It seems to me that your friend's attitude towards money hasn't changed at all. What has changed is the path that the person is taking to make money. Some researchers in Nanotechnology get paid more than some investment bankers.</p>
<p>I think he was trying to make it so that we understand that his friend didn't take the fast route to money after realizing there is another place for him to be. He chose something more passionate over instant gratification.</p>
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RacinReaver-It seems to me that your friend's attitude towards money hasn't changed at all. What has changed is the path that the person is taking to make money. Some researchers in Nanotechnology get paid more than some investment bankers.
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<p>I imagine the average investment banker makes considerably more than the average "nanotechnology" researcher.</p>
<p>Not to mention he has direct family ties to Wharton, was a >3.9 double major in engineering and physics, and filled his summers with internships and good research. I'm sure he wouldn't have had a problem getting into a good business school had he wanted.</p>
<p>Many nanotech undergrads from MIT, Caltech, and Rice make over $100,000 out of college. Nanotech PhDs usually do research at top universities. Many of them start their own companies after completing researches that have great market value. After that, their can make millions with their companies.</p>
<p>I'm currently at Caltech, and I've never heard of a PhD in "nanotechnology" here.</p>
<p>Looking at their post-PhD graduation salaries (<a href="http://www.career.caltech.edu/life/salaries/index.shtml)%5B/url%5D">http://www.career.caltech.edu/life/salaries/index.shtml)</a>, I'm also wondering how these people are doing significantly better than the rest of their peers.</p>
<p>RacinReaver,</p>
<p>Let me state it clearer. Many undergrads from MIT, Caltech, and Rice make lots of money out of college doing nanotech research. I'm not saying the average amount of money these people make is higher than the average for i-bankers; it's not. I'm simply saying that a person going into nanotech research may be driven by the opportunity to make big money. Start their own companies after completing nanotech researches that have significant market values is a path to make big money.</p>
<p>Do you think IBanking's future is on an incline or decline...considering the economy and all. I'm talking in about ten years or so.</p>