Quote on IB That Hits the Hardest

Saw this recently and wanted to bump for those thinking of doing banking. Was originally posted by someone else but reposted by anonf0fty

"The worst thing about banking is that it makes you a mediocre person

as you have no time to do the things that made you brilliant enough to get the job"

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