# Why are high-profile bankers writing op-eds

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-high-profile-bankers-writing-op-eds/615727>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 14, 2012, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-high-profile-bankers-writing-op-eds/615727 "2012-03-14T09:04:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-high-profile-bankers-writing-op-eds/615727/1 "2012-03-14T09:04:51Z")

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in [NYTIMES](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/opinion/why-i-am-leaving-goldman-sachs.html?hp) as to why they are quitting?

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TODAY is my last day at Goldman Sachs. After almost 12 years at the firm — first as a summer intern while at Stanford, then in New York for 10 years, and now in London — I believe I have worked here long enough to understand the trajectory of its culture, its people and its identity. And I can honestly say that the environment now is as toxic and destructive as I have ever seen it.  
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Will it change public opinion about Goldman Sachs?

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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-high-profile-bankers-writing-op-eds/615727/2 "2012-03-14T16:02:47Z")

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> [@indian](#):
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> Will it change public opinion about Goldman Sachs?

The author hopes that GS will change its culture based upon the negative publicity it is receiving…doubtful.

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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-high-profile-bankers-writing-op-eds/615727/3 "2012-03-14T16:23:59Z")

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Articles about people quitting lucrative Wall Street jobs (or Bay Street jobs or jobs in the City or whatever) and moving on to something else (e.g. starting a revolutionary new hedge fund, starting a cupcake delivery business, starting a Web e-portal 2.0 paradigm, starting a winery) because of dissatisfaction are fairly common.

I guess it’s mildly more interesting that this is in the NYT editorial section, but it’s hardly a new trend of any kind.

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**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-high-profile-bankers-writing-op-eds/615727/4 "2012-03-14T18:07:06Z")

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Because if they didn’t the Darth Vadar op-ed explaining why he’s leaving the empire wouldn’t be nearly as funny.

[http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/index.php?option=com\_content&task=view&id=5007&Itemid=81](http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5007&Itemid=81)