Is being in IB an accomplishment?

Been in the job for a year now and I still don't feel very bright. I am up the learning curve but my day to day work product is decent and occasionally good, but I just don't feel like I am contributing much. Just doing what people tell me to do. I felt really happy when I first got the offer but now that has really faded. Also I don't work at a BB or anything, I'm at a boutique that does well in our space. So feel less legit than my friends from college who made it to Goldman and MS.

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