First we were talking about Excellent students in math an science and engineering. Now we are taking about Wall Street?
CEOs and Wall Street types did not get these large bonuses because they were gifted math students in college.
This is a far stretch from the basis of the article which started this discussion.
I hope for your sake you did not just find out that the richest people are not necessarily the smartest. I can live with that, can you?
There are hundreds and hundreds of behind the scenes quantitative analysis specialists, arbitrage structurers and trading programmers that skim billions for these banks that make more than an NFL lineman. They are the math geeks at top school programs and they are HIGHLY recruited.
Yeah, Wall Street is electronic now or were you still picturing a giant chalkboard?