One of the common complaints about Wall Street is that it sucks up a lot of Ivy League talent that could be going toward more productive endeavors. The common assumption is that the students are just following the money. But, my friend, an anonymous Harvard graduate who spent some time on Wall Street says that's not always the case. An edited transcription of our conversation follows:

You went to Harvard. Then what happened?

So, I'd done a summer internship with Goldman in my third year. Then, after I graduated, I had a month off, and then I started at Goldman in the middle of the summer. There's a training program; it's about two months. And then I hit the desk.

What did you study at Harvard?............

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