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It really blows my mind the griping that people do about banking as an analyst. How hard have we worked to get these stupid fucking jobs. People weren't saying "the hours are rough and you'll literally sleep under your desk some nights (which isn't too bad long as bring a decent sleeping bag)," just to try to scare you out of applying. I could maybe see being disillusioned/caught off guard about the job if you're some savant 4.0 triple major from Williams that Goldman swooned out of going to Namibia with the Peace Corp. But other than that, you know what you're getting into, and if you're stupid enough to fake your way into a very serious two year commitment without ACTUALLY wanting to do it, go cry to a wall or some shit.

Yes it fucking blows when you spread comps all weekend for a client meeting on Monday that your director knew full well that it probably wasn't happening on Friday morning and asks for the turn-around anyway. But, keep in mind, an analysts job is one fold: to make the senior guys life easier (theoretically). In my mind, the minute I give my VP or MD the project they assigned, I could give a fuck whether it results in us as bookrunner for 900mm issue or they give it to their wife's for a pap smear, not my problem it's theirs.

You know who has the optimal personality for banking? That HR fuck Toby from The Office. He knows his hr shit, does a good job, and the only thing gets in return is to get shit on by a narcissistic, ill qualified, idiot of a boss (sound familiar?). His response is a shrug and then moves on with his day.

Last thought: a good mindset to endure anything shitty/awful in life is as follows...