Mom knows Best.

My mom and I spent last week discussing the merits and demerits of graduating and getting a real job versus spending years writing a credible thesis. The allure of a real paycheck and spending more time outside the 4, slightly grey walls of my office was just too great a temptation. Imagine, my diet will venture outside caffeine-water, sugary stuff and flavored ethanol! My Mom on the otherhand, favors staying in school on my pittance of a stipend and spending time peering into a computer screen. As fate would have it, the New York Times agrees with her. All the Ex- and Would Be- WallStreeters will be playing safe and slugging it out in grad school for the next few years, waiting for iBanking to re-emerge from the ashes of the virtually dead Financial Market. Meanwhile, Maverick me will be getting my hands dirty in the toppling markets. Next year, my application to gradschool might feature "I always wanted to get a PhD.." .. ;)