Riten, i am not planning to attend any biz school yet. that name was thrown to me by some of my colleagues, so i was just inquiring about it (O: . no significant plan for me in that direction yet. silent, wow 160k - 200k ==>> hmm.. that's very high even by silicon valley standards. that kind of number in technical area is very rare. good luck to your friends and hope that you will also get similar gig. just don't forget to invite us in that party. shakshi, if you may, let me try to answer in few words. i really do not understand what do you mean by banking career. Its like saying IT job. now IT job can be anything right from simple help-desk to system analyst to embedded software engineer. if you are talking about teller, then yes it is not a highly paid job. but if you are one of those banking professional who handles mortgages to financial planning then obviously you are better off. =====================================================