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<p>True enough, many of those burnouts, while certainly far from poor, aren’t quite set for life. </p>
<p>But I think more importantly, if nothing else, they leave after 2 years with a gold-plated brand-name on their resume that they can leverage to a wide variety of other careers or entree to a top business school. Sadly, no such comparable opportunities are available to somebody who just worked as a regular engineer for 2 years.</p>