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This account was created an hour ago. I doubt he is telling the truth

I think the age of the account increases the likelihood of the story being true: the person was so compelled to tell their story that they created an anonymous account just to do so.

Probably the information should be used as an allegorical example, rather than a "huh I can make 220 in NY" example.

It is very easy to lie on the internet. I try to hedge my bets on this website by essentially doxxing myself on my profile, but not everyone is willing to do that (nor should they necessarily be expected to).

Finance people regularly get paid $400k+ as new grads. Well done dharma1/showmethemoney – next time ask for 500k!

> Finance people regularly get paid $400k+

Definitely

> as new grads.

Not so much.

> Finance people regularly get paid $400k+ as new grads.

Have you ever worked in finance? New grads in any position don't make that much.

Don't believe me? There's public data on offers for top schools that corroborates it. At most people make $150-200k.

I don't want to speak for the OP but I believe he/she was illustrating my point.

I don't connect the two really. The account is clearly a throwaway, but that doesn't really bare on whether the story is accurate or not. It very well might be.

i'm not saying it has to be true, but there is more incentive to create a fresh account to post that information than there is incentive to lie about it.

Maybe, but that number is not particularly wild for NYC finance.

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