James_Miller comments on Another Critique of Effective Altruism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: James_Miller 05 January 2014 11:35:17PM 2 points [-]

No because only a tiny percentage of the population has a high enough IQ and work ethic to succeed at the elite level of these jobs. To do well at a top investment bank you need to be willing to work (in your early 20s at least) 80+ hours a week at a job that's often stressful and boring and where you have little choice over what you do despite the fact that you have the ability to get a job that's much more interesting and involves half the work yet yields an upper middle class lifestyle.