How low would your bonus have to be for you to quit / go to business school?

How low would your bonus have to be this year for you to decide to quit or go to business school?

Realistically, if my bonus is lower than $40k (to breach the six-figure mark), I will seriously consider just stepping out of the cycle and go to school.

I'm a first year analyst at a mid market private equity firm.

 

I pretty much have already made up my mind to apply to business school in fall of 2010, so for me, the amount of my bonus isn't really relevant.

​* http://www.linkedin.com/in/numicareerconsulting
 

Well if you'd asked me a while ago, I would have said anything less than $50k would be insulting. But recently, things just haven't been as busy, so I've been working much more sane hours (9am to 7-8pm or so) which isn't so bad.

That said, clearing $100k in my early 20's, working 55 hours a week is not too bad.

Also, I'm just happy to still have a job. Look around people, it could be a lot worse.

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- Capt K - "Prestige is like a powerful magnet that warps even your beliefs about what you enjoy. If you want to make ambitious people waste their time on errands, bait the hook with prestige." - Paul Graham
 
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