Meal prep or cooking as full time analyst

Bump would also like to know.

bump also wondering whether groups of teammates tend to go out to get lunch together if it is mostly eating out 

Can’t speak for everywhere but on both my internships general vibe was ordering in for dinner and eating at desk/maybe in a conference room if on down time.

Lunch, people went out to get something, took it back to the office and worked through lunch

I've been preping for one meal a day for some time now. Cook once or twice a week and store it in the fridge - saves tons of time. Save the other meal coz you might end up grabbing food with teammates; if not, treat yourself with something you like

Most people eat out for lunch but you can definitely bring lunch every day.  If you have some time on the weekend to meal prep for dinner, you can.  Most people use their stipend for dinners though.

Buy a rice cooker for your carbs and slow cooker for your protein source. Some rice cookers will have a steam option for veggies or you could probably buy those in bag steamables.

Should make enough food for 3-4 days. Very simple, just put your food in, set it and forget it for a few hours. Portion it out into Tupperware. This is the laziest, most simple way to meal prep.

I get freshly/hello fresh for lunches just becuase I like the changes in menu options rather than getting the same thing for lunches and dinners at the office every day. Plus my bank only pays for dinners and not lunches

Meal prep on sundays for as many meals as I can and then supplement eating out and going to dinners w my gf 

Don't sign up for a meal plan until you start at the office if you're a recent grad. I always liked walking outside in NYC with my team and talking to them  while getting lunch - networking with the other analysts will be very useful in the long run.