Stupidest Jobs in Finance that Pay Well

What jobs in financial services add the least value, provide the least meaningful impact, or could be done by basically anyone w/ a college degree, but can still afford an upper middle class or better life?

I'll start with consulting. These douches actively make the general populous worse off and get paid an egregious amount for doing so, meanwhile, their job is like rearranging dogs and cows on a fucking quartile chart.

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