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<p>While I understand the “bennys” of working in IB, it’s the PROCESS of just getting into IB which did not make it attractive to me. I prefer a more “leisure” life where work is just a means to survive and I can make that work (and the process of obtaining work) as easy as possible. The image of “prestige” and “constant competition” did not drive me. I realize that for many so-called high-paying and/or prestigious positions, one has to pretty much eat and sleep it 24/7 (like IB). I wasn’t a 3.999 student and I am not social enough to always “network”.</p>
<p>Me?..I have to be downstairs in the “mancave” of my house on Saturdays and Sundays of the fall watching college and pro football…or taking 3-day getaways to the Caribbean for golf without thinking about a job. I wanted (and did) party hard in college. It was cool to know that just being a decent math/CS student at a halfway decent school pretty much got you hired. Now I don’t make millions, but I have been 6 digits for now more than half of my career.</p>