Where do those who failed to become an investment banker go

I'm sure some of you here have seen friends who have failed to become an investment banker.. either failing to get a job as an analyst or got kicked out after they became an analyst/associate.. may I know where do these people go? Do they go to other parts of the industry.. does that mean that they'll earn significantly less? Are they not even in the banking industry.. taking 10 per hour jobs? what do they do..?

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bmwhype
CNIUNC chapel hill
LOL

here's what i tried to write. what the hell is that supposed to mean anyway? you're bashing unc because it's not an ivy league school?

 
wsib1i don see anything wrong with this post..` once an i**** says this is a dumb post, everyone says the same

if you don't see anything wrong with this post, then you are an asshole. refer to the first post of this thread "what do they do? 10 per hour jobs?" 10 dollars per hour jobs? You mean like working at costco? So in your mind it's either costo or goldman?

what the fuck do you think 99% of the rest of the population do? die off from inferiority?

 

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the original post is dumb as shit.

You go into a less well known bank, less successful hedge fund, or corp. finance or dev.

You have tons of options, and will likely make at least six digits in any of them after 2 years IB and business school

 
Gorilla Whalethey find bridges to live under and become trolls, happened to a good friend of mine.

that quite literally made me laugh out loud...

Though to be honest I can be sympathetic with the post, before I started I had this all or nothing mentality but now I realise it's just a job, one with significant downsides as well as upsides

 

Yeah, terribly worded question and the op is a moron for the $10 an hour comment. But, this is a legit question.

I will admit I was in corp fin and then a boutique IB that went bust. I am now in finance at a F500. It is a good gig and allows me to pursue other interests. It's amazing how much happier I am not being beaten down at work every day. That being said m&a is still a huge interest of mine and I'd like to be working in that capacity somehow down the road.

 

chill out Rwhite, that's not what I'm doing. My school is known to have a small little rivalry with UNC. You might've heard about it.

 

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