Regarding IB Hours - Any of You Wish You Went Into S&T?

Yes, we’ve all heard about the better optionality and exits associated with IB versus sales and trading, but with the excessive hours seemingly being worked by many in IB, do some of you wish you would’ve gone into sales and trading, or even the capital markets, route? Just seems that if you could have a 20 or 25 year career in sales and trading,, and you knew that you’d be home by 7:00 pretty much every night, you could build up a nice nest egg while also enjoying a much better work-life balance .

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If I didn't do ib I'd do swe. I don't think s&t is that comparable to ib in comp or exit opps which are the main reasons people do ib

 

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