I'm saying IB are outliers. They're abused early but they get bonuses during that abuse at the end of the year. and if they survive 2-4 years, they work normal hours or even less for multiple millions of dollars every year.

I would never take 80 hours of week of abuse but an occasion 50-60 hours week for decent pay has it's value. Especially knowing i'll have 20 hour work weeks. And once you're established it's easier to say no to the 50 hour requests, which is why job hiring can be ageist.

It's easy to get a 21 year old to accept terrible working conditions. I remember thinking early in my career that just because I don't have kids doesn't means I'm not entitled to protecting my personal time.