Reaching to be the 1%

Hi, there.

I am one of the many monkeys that are hoping to step on Wall Street and work against/with you, one day. I am working towards a Bachelor degree in Finance. I hope to land an internship in the FiDi by the time I am done, and get started on my Masters degree after and hopefully come back with an offer for a full time position.

Now, feel free to rip on me and my dream. I understand this is an extremely competitive industry and I would feel the same way if I were in your position.

I've worked in service positions, and other basic jobs. The extremely limited potential in these positions have frustrated me to no end, hence I am here.

All these fancy job titles and acronyms are very overwhelming for a baby monkey like me. If someone can breakdown the most basic stuff for me (or link me to where I can find the info), it'd be awesome.

I have a question for all of you. If you could start your career all over, what would you specialize in? What is your favourite/least favourite type of market (I don't know if that's the right term. Excuse me if it's inappropriate.)?