Young Money

The author details the lives of eight high-potential college grads throughout their first years on Wall Street. With the promise of big salaries and plenty of prestige, these promising Ivy League-caliber souls sacrifice almost everything in the name of money.

I majored in economics, and many of my former classmates entered the financial industry in mid-2007. Some of them lost there jobs in 2008. With my proximity, I didn't find any of the stories too surprising. In my world, the work-so-hard-that-you-jeopardize-your-health lifestyle of bankers is not some big secret. None of these 22-year-olds are going into in blindly. And yet they continue to do so - Wall Street firms recruit anywhere from 20 to 30 percent of every graduating class from the most selective universities away from other would-be careers.

The author seems to be making a plea for the brightest students of today to dismiss Wall Street from their lists of career options; instead, he wants them to become doctors, become scientists, and entrepreneurs... anything else that changes the world in a better way.