MCalamari Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ManMythLegend Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > GS when he took over = 150 > > GS currently = 113 > > > > Nuff said. But hey naked, keep living in your > > democratic bubble. Enjoy. > > All about context. John Thain saw his company fall > from grace, but I say he was a genius for being > able to sell it at a market premium when others > died outright. I agree with you. But John Thain also had an incredible reputation before he took over Merrill. Blankfein was a nobody before he took over GS.
ManMythLegend Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > GS when he took over = 150 > GS currently = 113 > > Nuff said. But hey naked, keep living in your > democratic bubble. Enjoy. This is ironclad logic. I cannot dispute.
ManMythLegend Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ohai Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Ok, then to MML (and I guess also numi), we > need > > to distinguish between what people with either > > business or law degrees *can do* with their > > degrees and what they *choose to do*. MML, by > > saying that law school people enter low paying > law > > fields (like public service) because it is > > “interesting”, you are saying that they make > less > > money because they choose to make less money, > not > > because they can’t make more money. Similarly, > do > > more business school graduates enter finance > > because of pre-existing interest, or because > they > > are truly afforded opportunities that are not > > given to graduates of prestigious law schools? > Are > > law school graduates really excluded from > finance > > jobs, or do they actually have the choice to > > become investment bankers (Lloyd Blankfein) but > > choose not to? > > > > Also, MML, why would you assume that Harvard is > > the best law school? Most people say Yale, and > > Stanford is (arguably) better than Harvard - at > > least in selectivity. > > To your second point, Yale and Stanford might be > better, I still think the Harvard brand name is > worth more in the end. Just look at the show on > tv called “Suits.” I know its fictional but on > the show, the law firm only hires from Harvard. > > As to your first point, even if a law school grad > wanted to pursue finance, I believe that all else > being equal, an investment bank or hedge fund > would prefer an HBS grad to an HLS grad. I don’t > have any empirical evidence to back that claim up. > But if I were a hiring manager for a firm, I’d > prefer the candidate who has spent the last 2 > years studying finance and brushing up on > management skills. I can’t believe someone mentioned “Suits”. That show is a joke. And yet I can’t stop watching it either.