Where do people work?

A kid wrote, "I'd like to work for the top-three firms just to see how smart the people are there." I said, "wrong filter".

I find the main differentiator among staff in top paybrand / not-top paybrand firms isn't "how smart are they". Rather it is "how much are they willing to do, to make top pay". Because the latter NARROWS who you aim to work for, and BROADENS the scope of work which you offer them.

This is a fundamental pattern. 

• Do you want to be rich? 
• And what are you willing to do? 

The difference in answers send people down different networks, quite entirely.

For example I'm pretty much willing to do anything in the name of work. But getting rich has been a really low priority for me. That clearly explains why I would work in F&B, and resultingly have a criminal record. You can imagine what it would be like if I were to modify my preference to maximise for income.