I just went through group placement at my bank and started thinking. The popular consensus is that banking sucks, but have any of you gone through your summer internship and come out thinking that you absolutely cannot stand it and turn away from finance completely? Or is the money too enticing?
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Take a few seconds and read over what you just posted. If someone went through a summer analyst internship (last summer being the most recent time) and decided to turn away from finance completely, do you think he would be here right now to respond to your post? Having turned away from finance he would likely have stopped associating with the finance culture, a good amount of which is present here.
I'd disagree. After you've invested a certain amount of time here, you'll realize this site is a goldmine of information for career-oriented people in general.
And if YOU'LL reread my post for a second, there is more than one road to take after completely despising your summer internship.
I apologize if I sounded condescending in my first post. That means I talked down to you.
I don't think people would disassociate with finance altogether, but I do think they'll stop worrying about strictly banking and carry over their skills to another industry (say consulting?). If they were a business major, a lot of skills are transferable.
The people that do it for the money won't last long, just like doctors that do it for the money, turns out to be too much.
I turned away from finance, I freaking hate investment banking and I realized there are other ways to become rich which I enjoy with less hours
I feel bad for most people on this forum lol - actually being serious
Such as...
seriously? You are a typical banker, you don't think outside the box.
Take a day and ponder
Somebody got shot down =(
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