Just goes to show that, as with college, "elite" employment is for suckers. The only way to win the game is not to play.
Also,:
As Professor Frank, who has written a book about the phenomenon known as winner-take-all economics, explains, the basic problem is that the rewards for ascending to top jobs at companies like Netflix and Goldman Sachs are not just enormous, they are also substantially greater than at companies in the next tier down. As a result, far more people are interested in these jobs than there are available slots, leading to the brutal competition that plays out at companies where only the best are destined for partnerships or senior management positions.
By "best" in the underlined selection, the author means, "most socially/morally compromised." Because at this sort of competition, ability is a small part of the ultimate outcome... abandonment of family ties is a minimum requirement, and an ability to manipulate in the workplace counts for more than results.
