A Reddit poster recently asked if financial professionals regretted their decision to work in the industry.

“I ask because it’s not the first field that comes to mind when I think of altruism, and bankers don’t come out of their career thinking they’ve made a tangible difference to society or helped anyone (like a doctor or a civil lawyer),” the poster explained.

The early responses to the post have been mixed, but there are generally three attitudes on the subject from the finance community. The first attitude is that plenty of members of the finance world actually do perform a positive, helpful and productive duty.

“I literally help companies and countries stay solvent,” one poster wrote of his job. “I really love my job and I think I have done a lot more good than most people can do.”

The second attitude is…

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