I am just wondering what are the reasons why y'all decided to pursue investment banking. Here are a couple reasons I can think of although there are clearly more:
Does your top 2 come from this list or do you have others? Feel free to respond.
| +166 | Evercore > Goldman and I don’t think it’s particularly close anymore | 59 | 50m |
| +152 | Article: Why UBS's Asian M&A bankers are thriving and UBS's American M&A bankers are not | 17 | 14h |
| +124 | I am a drunk MD AMA | 40 | 1d |
| +86 | UBS Offer Day | 30 | 1d |
| +75 | Santander IB? | 10 | 3d |
| +71 | I hate Wells Fargo | 19 | 16h |
| +51 | No return offer - feeling like a failure is an understatement | 20 | 11h |
| +50 | Think Twice before Recruiting for HOUSTON IB!! | 17 | 1h |
| +45 | How cooked am I as an incoming WF IB SA 2027? | 17 | 7h |
| +43 | WF Return offers | 28 | 2d |
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Kicking the can down the road for what you want to do in your career. It allows good money and your skills are transferrable if it doesn't end up being what you want to do
I'm don't understand why 'fame' is on this list. The people in finance considered "famous" to the general public aren't even investment bankers (Jordan Belfort, Warren Buffett, anyone in The Big Short).
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