Let's take this a different direction for a moment... Why is it that the IT industry screams that they have a labor shortage when salaries are flat. With million dollar salaries in finance you would think that industry must have a severe labor shortage.

They just pay out more of their (large) profits than tech business do. eg as if Google paid 100% bonuses every year as they are so profitable, rather than retaining cash, paying shareholders and paying executives a lot mainly retaining cash though).

> I would probably sell out for that money too.

It's good of you to admit that, but I have to ask: why? Why is 3 million so different from 200k as to be worth being willing to set aside ethics / become antisocial?

Two reasons:

- Do this for one or two years and you are pretty much set for life. That's pretty tempting

- I don't think the bankers think of themselves as antisocial or non-ethical.

If you're making 200k a year and manage your finances well you could retire pretty early, anyway.