<p>Perhaps in the past IB firms have done us all a favor by ensuring that few students pursue a career in medicine purely for financial reasons.</p>
<p>Since med schools are still highly selective and operating at full capacity, the presence of more lucrative career paths in other fields doesn’t seem to have hurt the profession.</p>
<p>I think the beneficiary of the banking meltdown will be both traditional and high tech industries. Firms may be able to attract some talented help that they might have lost in past years.</p>