Originally Posted by RBC1939L

Agreed, it’s a pretty narrow mindset. Some people genuinely aren’t up for the 15/16-hour grind that comes with IB or S&T and are realistic about it. Of course the trade off is you get a (much) lower salary and compensation, but most people agree to it. It’s especially important if you have say family commitments. OP would be misguided if they thought AM had magically much more W/LB, but he isn’t wrong if he is comparing it to, say, IB.