Is it worth it for me? IB or work-life balance (lol)

I am currently at the fork in the road where I will have to decide, whether I want to go down the hard-working Investment banking route in order to earn money quickly in the city or to settle in for a leisure lifestyle in my home country.

My main issue with the first point is the fact that my father has been a partner at a golden circle law firm for the past 35 years so in the long-term money wouldnt be an issue for me. The only argument for it would be that I would get money for myself quickly without the inherent negative side effects of inheritance, however from what I am reading in this forum the compensation nowadays in IB isnt that ridiculous anymore and I am just wondering if it is "worth it" to spend your 20s and 30s in an office to come out the other end with "only" 2-3 mm.

Maybe someone who has drastically turned around between these options can comment?

 

I don't think it is worth it for you, clearly you have a lot going for you which is nothing to be ashamed of, go off and find your passion or something. My family are poor for "only 2 or 3 million" I would happily spend 20's and 30's crawling over broken glass 18 hours a day.

 

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