The best thing about the 2007-2009 financial collapse was freeing up a lot more STEM graduates for "real" work in the economy, like tech startups, engineering roles at companies, etc., vs. going into consulting and finance.
Well, not all people coming from those backgrounds can work in those fields, so one has to be careful.
Many can and are glad to come to to tech/startup worl, though. Indeed some (many?) financial companies/hedge funds are really just software companies in disguise and have great folks working for them.
