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		tudelo on Nov 14, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Prestige Trap: finance, big tech, and consulti... I personally would consider top 5 percent of any task to be the low bar of proficiency, so even that doesn't seem super impressive to me. But damn, the jobs pay well and wlb can be great (or terrible). I guess the weird part is that the process of getting hired is so different than the day to day work.

dodobirdlord on Nov 14, 2020 [–]

> I personally would consider top 5 percent of any task to be the low bar of proficiency, so even that doesn't seem super impressive to me.

Top 5% among paid professionals is your low bar of proficiency?

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