February 17th, 2012, 4:31 pm
QuoteOriginally posted by: AnomanderisQuoteOriginally posted by: EscapeArtist999QuoteOriginally posted by: AnomanderisQuoteOriginally posted by: frenchXQuoteYou need to get knowledge, and then "grow" yourself to the point where you can apply the knowledge in a way that society values/needs, THEN it becomes worth it. I have never heard the argument "I work in quant finance because the society needs it". Just ask to the victims of the subprime crisis, to the ones who lost their job, their house and their retirement plan due to finance and tell them that the society needed it.True. But there were two points, so let's try the second one. Does society value it? Trust me, it does, otherwise the job wouldn't exist. What sort of question is that? No base, no argument, just a rather cynical question. - I am implying that you sound kindof academic, that you're the sort of person who loves doing geek shit, and you probably report to a bunch of idiots ultimately - call it what you like a straw man, an ad hominem attack whatever - why not crawl back to academia.Crawl back? Doing geek shit?Dude, if you don't like geeks, why are you on this forum anyway?You know what, I'm done with this discussion. I'm on here to improve myself and to rub minds with people of a certain mindset, not to engage in this sort of pointless mudslinging.But you really need to work on your attacks, many here consider the term "academia" something to be proud of.You just made my day! Thanks! have a fun weekend.
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EscapeArtist999 on February 16th, 2012, 11:00 pm, edited 1 time in total.