Great jobs?

Massa suffered a massive crash at the Hungarian GP, which ruled him out for the rest of the season. Then much to the delight of all F1 fans, Ferrari announced that Schuamcher would be replacing Massa for the remaining 2009 season. However, this was not to be. An old neck injury prevented the great Schumi come back and after an inspired win at the Belgian Grand Prix, Force India’s Giancarlo Fisichella won the much coveted position of the Ferrari driver for the ongoing season.

While Fisi would be driving the car in 2009, in all probability, he would only be the reserve driver in 2010. This hasn’t deterred him from accepting the position and he is perfectly happy playing the role of reserve driver with Ferrari when he could have easily been the main driver for Force India or any other team. Such great is the prestige associated with Ferrari along with the opportunities that would be available to a player after doing a stint at Ferrari.

This incident got me thinking: which other jobs / companies command such a high respect / prestige that someone would be willing to take a small role there instead of a bigger & more important role in a smaller organization: Investment Banks of the likes of Lehman, ML, Goldman (before the recession of course!) immediately come to mind as do the consultancy firms like Bain, Mckinsey etc.

Any other?