Investment banking as a CS student

Hi there, I am computing science penultimate student and recently I rejected few software engineering intern role because I want to pursue Investment banking as a career. I want to prepare myself with all the training courses needed for getting into this field but  I am not sure about it and little worried about job after graduation as only a year is left for me to graduate. I'm being paranoid of failing as an investment banker but I really want to do it. Can anyone suggest me here?

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Lol why would you rather do IB than SWE? Unless you can't code to save your life. Anyway, back to your question.... I feel it would be easier to join a BB as a SWE analyst then switch internally than straight up joining as an IB analyst with a CS degree.

 

Not attacking you. There are a lot of cs majors in banking (being a cs won’t affect you if anything it helps). It is much easier to break in from undergrad than trying to internally transfer (will take longer too). Op is a bit behind though and trying to recruit for ft without much experience or knowledge might be an issue but he still has time to get up to speed.

 

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