+277 Changing Jobs - Hold ON! JOB 27 7y
+277 Is this site slowly dying or is it just me? OFF 132 4y
+277 Why do we want "success" so bad? OFF 67 6y
+277 Is the American dream fading? OFF 126 9y
+277 You don't know anything— 5 things to do about it IB 43 6y
+277 The All-Nighter Experiment: What Worked and What Didn't CO 70 6y
+277 Hedge Fund: The Investment Life Cycle HF 63 3y
+276 Is unprofessional behavior common in IB? IB 58 1y
+276 Prank Calling Bankers OFF 103 2y
+276 Q&A: ex-bank trader now running crypto hedge fund. questions? CRYPTO 115 1mo
+276 Point72 SA 2020 New Externship Program HF 332 5y
+276 The Promised Land of Private Equity Turned out to be a "Monster Land" PE 106 6y
+276 Why are rational people so scarce on campuses? OFF 98 7y
+276 Will You Buy Your Fiance a Diamond Ring? OFF 299 3y
+276 Summer intern dies in London IB 267 2y
+275 Reality of UBS Tech IB 155 3mo
+275 The Long Game - 20 years ago / 20 years from now PE 62 1y
+275 What's it like being married while working in Finance? OFF 42 2y
+275 Don't come to Penn/Wharton to work in finance and make money BSCH 87 3y
+275 Checking in 8 years later [IB to MBB to C-suite] IB 111 5y
+275 Warburg Pincus 2021 FT Analyst PE 262 4y
+275 THE ULTIMATE CAREER PATH IB 73 4y
+275 Dumbest thing you said in an interview? OFF 83 4y
+275 Young Money? Perception vs Reality on Wall Street IB 79 11y
+275 Do you know algebra? OFF 399 14y
+274 Met a girl in Nashville OFF 29 1y
+274 Rant - don’t like the person I’ve become IB 44 3y
+274 What WSO get's wrong about "target" vs. "non-target" - Employer View RE 45 2y
+274 My View on the Current Top 10 Strategy Consulting Firms CO 75 4y
+274 Facepalm moments at info sessions IB 96 8y
+274 Swiss to Vote on 1:12 Law OFF 203 12y
+274 S&T Summer Intern Clothing Guide TR 355 3y
+273 Goldman SA 2025 IB 1,065 1y
+273 ChatGPT: The AI Analyst Who Ate Wall Street IB 32 2y
+273 Credit Suisse is Finally Going to Blow IB 102 3y
+273 deleted OFF 120 3y
+273 Q&A: HF out of undergrad, ~5 years later HF 87 9mo
+273 Big Tech vs Wall Street Total Comp IB 156 4y
+273 Funniest rich-kid stories OFF 150 3y
+273 Laughed at —> Top BB IB 46 5y
+273 People Take Excel and Modeling Way Too Seriously (rant) IB 38 1d
+273 Worst candidate that has gotten an offer IB 50 7y
+273 How Amazon Is Disrupting MBA Recruiting OFF 87 7y
+273 Q&A: Former McKinsey EM CO 141 9y
+273 Advice for Princeton MFin Applicants BSCH 167 1y
+273 Reneging on an already accepted internship offer JOB 451 13y
+273 Venture Capital Associate Fielding Questions VC 148 3y
+272 UBS removes Fridays WFH work from home flexibility IB 65 2mo
+272 What I've learned: 20 years later from a WSO member OFF 16 1y
+272 Don't go to Dartmouth, I Regret It (Rant + Explanation) BSCH 57 11mo
+272 Just got in to the carry pool today fellas. PE 90 2y
+272 IB SA 2025 thread - Canada IB 1,081 1y
+272 Associate Archetypes IB 26 2y
+272 Anyone who chose IB because it’s “dull?” IB 65 2y
+272 Best Time to Have Money IB 85 7mo
+272 CS employee, have two offers IB 11 3y
+272 Carried Interest Done Away w/ in Manchin-Schumer deal PE 145 3y
+272 Private Equity or Pizza Equity? PE 71 7y
+272 Why the hell do people work in NYC/SF IBD? IB 100 6y
+272 More people are lonely than you may think OFF 63 5y
+272 Life outside of work in your 30s. OFF 137 6y
+272 Did anyone here put themselves through college? OFF 166 13y
+271 Throwing in the towel at age 31/32 PE 48 4mo
+271 Best way to Aura farm in the office? OFF 39 12mo
+271 Analysts and Associates: Who Will Help Us? IB 49 1y
+271 Becoming a better conversationalist in IB IB 42 3y
+271 Diversity IB 80 4y
+271 Fired from PE firm for getting too drunk at company outing PE 54 4y
+271 Lmao Tesla INV 123 4y
+271 John Paulson Owes $1 BILLION To The IRS HF 190 6y
+271 What are your goals for 2017? OFF 161 3y
+270 Working with Business Majors can at times be frustrating IB 45 1y
+270 UBS layoffs IB 139 3y
+270 What's the dumbest thing you've done in a meeting IB 59 2y
+270 I Hate my Life IB 54 3y
+270 Are there any cities that don't suck? OFF 273 3y
+270 It’s 2 years, you got this IB 54 4y
+270 The GS Summer Insight Posts Are Killing Me IB 72 3y
+270 Offer rescinded what can I do now? IB 67 11mo
+270 Pro Forma GPA on Resume? IB 16 4y
+270 Goals - What are yours? OFF 205 3y
+270 How many women is too many? OFF 321 4y
+270 Interview Failures JOB 215 6y
+269 Is being middle class better than this? PE 121 3mo
+269 Vista vs Thoma Bravo PE 101 11mo
+269 Lamborghini - rate my finances OFF 124 3y
+269 Next job for fired MDs who didn't generate revenue? IB 94 4y
+269 Is IB/PE the toughest job to get? IB 105 4y
+269 Thrown out halfway through interview OFF 101 6y
+269 Does your family despise you? OFF 84 6y
+269 Asian name on resume IB 125 8y
+269 Here is some life advice. Hope you'll find it useful. OFF 99 9y
+269 No country for old I-bankers (starting a mid-career thread for finance professionals) PE 65 4y
+269 Women in the Workplace Pt 2: Rigged Markets, Inside Information, and the “Softer” Sex OFF 99 5y
+269 Overview of Leveraged Finance IB 67 4y
+269 The Allure of Africa: Why I am Passionate about Opportunities on the Continent INV 268 6y
+269 Q&A: I'm an Agricultural Commodities Trader TR 145 6y
+269 70% Marginal Tax Rate OFF 144 6y
+268 Tired of H1B - Indian American OFF 96 4mo
+268 Recruitment is a joke. IB 47 9mo

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.2%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.2%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.6%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.2%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (14) $434
  • Associates (43) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (75) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (66) $101