Questions about Wall Street jobs from a newbie

Hey guys and gals,

I'm looking into investment banking and financial analysis as potential career paths and was wondering if I could get some questions answered:

-How does one gain experience in these fields after college?

-Would it be reasonable to move to New York after college to land an internship and hopefully a job (I was already planning to head northeast anyway)?

-Could anyone tell me about some different career paths after obtaining both a bachelors and masters in economics and what those jobs would be like?

Thanks!

(In case you were wondering, my username is my actual name backwards followed by my jersey number for ice hockey)

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