Health issues from being in IB
Hi everyone,
I just returned FT in my bank's AM division and met back with some people from IBD that I met during my internship. In one year, they seem to have aged significantly, with grey hair, looking much more tired, and having noticeably gained/lost weight.
Is this decline inevitable in IB, or do these health impacts persist even after leaving?
Asking as I didn't expect it to be this bad and I believe it should be important for college students considering investment banking to be aware of this.
Not irreversible imo. You just need to leave for a chiller job before your 30s to mitigate the long term impact.
It's worse in trading
I personally haven't seeing the same level of deterioration in the traders I know
Many don’t know how to take care of themselves, I.e. eating junk food every day, snacks, no physical activities, not using the standing desk, etc. You can’t control the stress and long hours but you can control the above. Sure IB is bad for your health but you can mitigate the effects
Here’s the thing though. A lot of athletic (Obviously not D1 starting quarterbacks) guys I know are going through something similar. but the point is, the stress and shitty odd hours sucked enough life out, that it led them to eating/sleeping shit and completely dropping the ball.
Fact is, certain periods at certain teams would wear out even the most motivated..
Agree with this - while I agree with the comment below (i.e. negative health effects can be mitigated by eating right / working out), this only applies to an extent. There are many groups out there which are just too sweaty for even the most fitness-motivated to stay in shape / sane. I think if you want to stay in the industry long term you just have to accept that it will take a toll on your health to a degree.
And by the way, people are different - some people’s bodies will just be better than others at accepting high stress / long hours etc. vs. Others’
Only if you eat shit and don't do any exercise - plenty of my peers have done ok on the weight/aesthetics front just by making at least a tiny bit of effort to stay in shape and eat healthily.
Try being glued to your desk in an understaffed group with a million things going on and you’ll realize you actually don’t have time to workout unless you want to stay up until 4 every day
my buddies and I meet up every other year. ex frat dudes, college contacts, ..
After each year we can all tell that the finance bros aged more/worse then the others. we thought it was just us, but our girlfriends have had the same comments about their groups and family members.
Some jobs are rougher/more stressful.
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