Boo Hoo, these smart students made the decision to enroll in business, instead of medicine or other productive fields because it looked like the big bucks were made on Wall Street and in investment banks. Now that the wind has changed they cry. Welcome to reality.
I am crying as my mortgage is paid, my 401k is down and I am a taxpayer and will have to pay more taxes in this pork laden bail out bill.
People in Computer Science had their turn at the beginning of the decade, now it’s Finance people’s turn.
The bottom line is, don’t pick your career based on where you think the money will be, pick something that you want to do, work at being the best it, and regardless of which career you chose, you will have success, but there probably will be bumps on the road.