Feeling lack of purpose in banking

Worked so hard to get into banking to now feel no purpose in my work. Everything I do serves no purpose, and even if it does, I don’t see the fruit of my labors.

Struggling as a first year to see the light at the end of the tunnel

Any tips to surviving these two 2 years with a positive attitude?

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I wouldn't worry about lack of impact of your work, that's the nature of any entry level job.  you need to set a new goal and work towards that. do you want to be a senior banker? move to buy side? get an MBA? If you have a goal and doing mind numbing work at a bank gets you to that goal, then it won't really matter to you that you're re-arranging logos or doing some other low impact task.

 

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