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Is Investment banking a good career to go into?
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No, this is a horrible career choice. That is why there is an entire online community dedicated to trying to help people get into this career field. We are all so miserable about our career choice that we try and convince unsuspecting kids from Ivy League schools to join us so we can waste all of their education in a dead end job.
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