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I'm fairly new here, and I have been using WSO as a source of knowledge for a career in IB. I'm from a small town where no one even knows what IB is. I'm going into a top finance uni in my country, but it is still no ivy league school. Since I have found out about IB, I have been researching as much as I can on places such as WSO, but my main source of info has been a relative who is MD in a tier-2 IB.

As I have learned in my quest for information, life as an analyst is hard, and I know what kind of conditions I should expect from being one. My question to you guys is the following : am I better off working in some tier-2 bank (fewer employees, less pay, better conditions, etc.), or should I really bust my ass to get into BB. What I am asking really is if all the time and efforts are worth the extra pay.

Any insight would be appreciated.
Thanks, fellow monkeys.

 

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