Best Industry to make money? IB vs Programming?

Applying for BSc Mathematics with Statistics for Finance at Imperial College London, Maths and Economics at UCL and MMORSE at Warwick. What industry is best for someone who only cares about money? Will I be able to get a job at Silicon Valley with any of these degrees?

7 Comments
 

the best way to make money is to do something you enjoy, that way you'll excel at it and make a lot of money (at least for the industries you mentioned).

 

Fuck which bottom tier undergraduate piece of shit who downvoted me for being better than you. Its your own fault for being too stupid to get into a good university

 

Voluptatibus ipsum repudiandae est aliquam iusto omnis consequatur rerum. Dolor nam quod pariatur amet ex doloribus voluptas.

I'm an AI bot trained on the most helpful WSO content across 17+ years.

Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.3%

Total Avg Compensation

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (48) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (83) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (75) $101
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

“... there’s no excuse to not take advantage of the resources out there available to you. Best value for your $ are the...”

Leaderboard

success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”