+44 Veterans in finance 11 10mo
+44 DB Exits 2025? 14 11mo
+44 DEI Beckies rule the world 15 7mo
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+43 Funniest banking stories 15 3mo
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+42 Associate & Above IB exits 16 4d
+42 Am I behind? 31 Year Old Analyst 12 8h
+42 AI in IB 16 1w
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+42 Vent post + advice 8 3mo
+42 Heavily biased prestige tier list 13 3mo
+42 FT Recruiting Guidance (MM NYC SA, Non-Target) 12 3mo
+42 Best consumer group? 65 3mo
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+42 Bottom Bucket Bonus Thread 25 10mo
+42 NO WORK AS AN INTERN 11 11mo
+42 UBS America's Making Rare Non-Barclays MD Hires 16 6mo
+41 UBS Groups Ranked by Future Outlook 20 1w
+41 NYU Stern or UVA Mcintire 58 4w
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+41 2025 SA Return Offer Rates 65 3mo
+41 How to stay sharp throughout the day? 22 10mo
+41 An1 Savings Pre-Bonus? 15 11mo
+40 Do you learn more in middle market? 6 1mo
+40 Jeff , SMFG takeover ? 22 2mo
+40 Best Banks and Groups to Become a Banker for Longer Than 2 Years? 30 2mo
+40 RBC IB Layoffs?? 58 3d
+40 Lifestyle Group Rankings 13 3mo
+40 Lateralling as a 3rd Year Analyst Shortly Before Associate Promotion 25 5mo
+40 FT 2026 Recruiting 20 5d
+40 Late to the Party: Full-Time IB Recruiting Advice For a Senior 19 5mo
+40 Anyone Else Get Annoyed by YourFinanceBrother on IG / Tiktok? 22 7mo
+40 Not sure what offer to take after graduation 10 8mo
+40 Lateraling from MM to BB/EB 5 5mo
+40 Career over before starting 14 9mo
+40 FT 2026 Re-Recruiting with Return Offer 27 9mo
+40 Canadian Non-Target — 0/50 Emails Replied — What Are My Options? 46 9mo
+39 Q1' 2026 RX IB & RX Co. Rankings (Octus) 37 1mo
+39 IB influencers? 7 3mo
+39 London AN1 rent & where to stay 30 3mo
+39 120K Stratops Analyst (big tech) vs. 210K Finance Associate Role 11 4mo
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+39 UBS Exits 19 5mo
+39 Q&A: Director @ Kroll (ex Duff & Phelps) – Mid-Market M&A, Modeling That Actually Gets Used, and What IB Looks Like Outside GS/MS 26 1w
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+39 Lateral Promotion Risks? 12 6mo
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+39 how hard are EB technicals/topics to study and focus on 8 7mo
+39 Is DEI basically discriminatory against non-Londoners? (Half joking, half not) 21 8mo
+39 Feeling FOMO from not being in NYC… 48 10mo
+39 Banks with good social culture/happy hour/parties 21 3mo
+39 Why most ppl shouldn't do RX 13 8mo
+39 Monster shits ruining my chance at a return offer? 10 11mo
+38 Lied slightly about gpa? 25 2mo
+38 Penn State vs Fordham vs Indiana Bloomington 29 2mo
+38 What did I do wrong? 30 3mo
+38 Fastest/Craziest Promotion Timelines You've Seen 27 1mo
+38 SA2027 Canadian IB Recruiting: U.S. Pullback = Tougher Toronto Cycle? 6 4mo
+38 Bad mid year/first year reviews and improving after? 7 4mo
+38 PWP vs JEFF vs MOE London 31 4mo
+38 Quitting 2Y EB IB for Peace Corps: Is this Insane? What are Job Prospects After? 14 6mo
+38 Done BIWS/WSO course - How to build modelling intuition / discernment from scratch 8 7mo
+38 PoC Bankers 17 7mo
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+38 THE OFFICIAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY TIERLIST 16 5mo
+37 JP banker poached by Citi is a menace 17 1mo
+37 VP/Director at top BB/EB. ~$2.5-3M saved. Stuck. 10 2mo
+37 Cornell (A&S) vs. Georgetown (SFS)... cannot decide. 22 2mo
+37 Is JEF the cockroach? 13 2mo
+37 deletreeee 33 2mo
+37 Claude is getting scarily good 10 1mo
+37 Terrified of being the "slow intern." 23 3mo
+37 Understanding rather than memorizing 10 5d
+37 Lateralling in the age of AI 11 2mo
+37 Whats the best way to learn Financial Modelling from scratch and for someone with nonfinance background. - please advice 10 7mo
+37 Advice: Bankers asking technicals during coffee chats.. 11 6mo
+37 OpenAI Hiring Ex-Bankers 30 7mo
+37 Thoughts on Factset for PE/IB? 13 7mo
+37 Thoughts on starting own advisory firm? 13 2mo

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.2%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.2%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.6%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.2%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (14) $434
  • Associates (43) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (75) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (67) $101
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