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is your personality to be honest, and even then it's not really software.

Investment bankers use Excel, FactSet, CapitalIQ, and sometimes VentureExpert from Thompsons. We don't really use Bloomberg as much as the advertisements make it sound. StreetAccounts is used by traders.

 

^not worth your time to get certified. probably just enough to write "proficient in excel, word and powerpoint."

not useful for the resume, but definitely worth your time for an internship: boost your keyboarding speed. projecting the perception of being faster than your peers is a huge way to stand out and already having some shortcuts under your belt/being able to type a bit quicker is a stupidly easy way to do this.

 
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Those who can, do. Those who can't, post threads about how to do it on WSO.

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