> In finance, there is always more work than people
It would seem the general theme is: If the work is "cool" or "new", there isn't much of it to go around. If it is "legacy" or "profitable", no one wants to be in the same building as it.
It's also that companies won't pay more for the work no one wants.
And elite companies won't hire less "brilliant" but worth ethical to do the boring work. During the fat times, they paid people too much for work they hate that wastes their talent. Google is full of PhD scientists maintaining CRUD apps.
It would seem the general theme is: If the work is "cool" or "new", there isn't much of it to go around. If it is "legacy" or "profitable", no one wants to be in the same building as it.