How Wall Street recruits so many insecure Ivy League grads
J Thoendell stashed this in Tech
Source: http://www.vox.com/2014/5/15/5720596/how...
EK: Have you been watching HBO's Silicon Valley?
KR: Yes, I love it. But the part it gets wrong is that if you look at who actually works in Silicon Valley now, the geek contingent - the stereotypical socially awkward hackers - is no longer the dominant phenotype of SIlicon Valley. Now it's people who are well adjusted, good looking graduates of elite institutions. It's gone from weirdos in pocket protectors to the guys who used to go to Wall Street.
I talked to one guy who's a former Goldman Sachs guy who left to go to the tech industry who said the adage in the tech world now is "be wary when the pretty people show up."
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5:09 PM Jun 13 2014