...whereas a financial trader translates into yachts and private jets in their minds, even though that assumption may be completely false.

Still waiting for my yacht to come in...That's because they think a financial trading career is more lucrative than a software career that requires banging out code from 9 - 5 every day. In other words, saying you're a software engineer makes you look like a geeky propeller head, whereas a financial trader translates into yachts and private jets in their minds, even though that assumption may be completely false.