To help save the world, become a banker not a doctor
Better than the obvious choices may be a lucrative job, allowing generous charitable gifts
WHEN Kit Harris was a student at Oxford University, he was not sure what he wanted to do later. He thought about becoming an actuary—decent pay and hours and the chance to use his training in probability theory. But, though Mr Harris enjoyed solving maths puzzles, he also wanted to help the less fortunate. Dilemma resolved! Naturally, he took a job as a derivatives trader.
This article appeared in the International section of the print edition under the headline “Put money in thy purse”
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