What skills will the next generation of Investment Bankers have to learn that was not required prior?

I am a college freshman studying finance (of course I know a high gpa, modeling/valuation, and networking skills are very important) what other things will be required of me with the tech disruptions in the finance industry?

 
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No...investment bankers are not going to be required to code. Buy existing software for what you need to do or hire a "data analyst" to do that boring stuff. 

OP should focus on building personal relationships, understanding interconnections between economics/ industries and business, talking to people, being meaningful, sounding intelligent, seeing the big picture and organizing complex topics into concise explanations. 

If you are really worried about tech disruption in finance, see the big picture of the transformation and find a way to be part of it. 

 

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