+246 I have been told that I can't make it into the finance industry (HF, VC, PE, etc.) because of my height? VC 95 4y
+246 2020 SA Still a go? Anyone hear back from the companies? IB 221 4y
+246 Is IB the highest paying career right now? IB 148 4y
+246 Picking the right Trading jungle OFF 49 5y
+246 Anyone regret LMM/MM? PE 37 6y
+246 Why YOU Aren't Getting Offers IB 79 6y
+246 Kid Doesn't Make it to IB BB; Refuses to Walk at Graduation IB 74 6y
+246 Your Most Absurd IB Interview Questions.. and Answers IB 103 6y
+246 Any space for the "regular" guys? HF 167 8y
+245 What happened to WSO? Blatant racism & low quality posts WSO 66 9mo
+245 Would you move to a 'tier-2' city? IB 168 2y
+245 A Passionate Rant on Boycotting All Modern Vehicles OFF 89 2y
+245 Most Advanced Technicals IB 179 3y
+245 Paying College Athletes OFF 102 4y
+245 Why is no one dreaming of opening their own business? RE 135 4y
+245 Sending kids to private school OFF 145 4y
+245 Hedging Can't Fix This - A Story of Being at a Collapsed Hedge Fund HF 26 4y
+245 mid tier bb's and eb comparison IB 92 4y
+245 Hypo: You're single, and rich; what U.S. cities would you live in? OFF 137 4y
+245 Women in the Workplace: How do you Guys Deal? OFF 136 5y
+245 You Get to Redo College BSCH 121 5y
+244 UPDATE Jonathan Kaye (Ex-Moelis) IB 66 1y
+244 Did JPowell Edge too Hard? IB 28 2y
+244 Bankers: WTF are you doing from 8pm to 2am? IB 144 3y
+244 Upper Middle Class in New York? OFF 106 4y
+244 VP Forbids Me to WFH IB 92 4y
+244 Amazon Pulls out of NYC OFF 94 7y
+244 Interview experience w/ JPM Junior Analyst Program IB 648 9y
+244 Self-Important Graduation Posts on LinkedIN OFF 60 9y
+243 European Masters Rankings BSCH 152 3mo
+243 Worst Bank to Work for in 2025? IB 107 6mo
+243 No deal experience after 3 years IB 83 1y
+243 NYU Stern student sets the world record for getting clipped from any future IB opportunity OFF 79 2y
+243 Do you guys believe in human caused Climate Change? OFF 122 2y
+243 Ask me anything - quant/quantamental Hedge fund manager/Consultant - Everything on liquid hedge fund strategies HF 195 3y
+243 A Decade Into IB: Teetering on the Edge of Cataclysm? IB 95 4y
+243 Investment Banking for females - What is it like ? IB 168 4y
+243 What Kind of Background Do You Come From? OFF 78 4y
+243 Should We Be Worried About Ukraine? OFF 207 4y
+243 Request for Mods: Consider adding a Restructuring forum? IB 42 4y
+243 Credit Hedge Fund opportunities HF 36 4y
+243 JPM SA 2021 Accelerated IB 790 5y
+243 Investment Banks as NFL Teams IB 27 6y
+243 Should we feel bad if people don't have emergency funds? OFF 42 6y
+242 Megafund PE Rankings: Legacy MFs (APO / BX / KKR / TPG / Carlyle) versus New Age MFs (CD&R / Advent / Thoma / Vista) PE 51 11mo
+242 MBA Costs $500,000 -- Worth It? BSCH 117 2y
+242 Advice (Female) men’s opinions welcome as well OFF 59 2y
+242 What do you do if you have a thing for your director OFF 78 3y
+242 Structuring within S&T, Pay, and Exit Ops. TR 218 4y
+242 When will we return to normal? OFF 131 4y
+242 What is keeping you from starting your own business? OFF 118 4y
+242 Q&A: Crypto Hedge Fund Trader CRYPTO 113 4y
+242 Q&A: 1st year BB London Rates Trader Taking Your Questions TR 127 5y
+242 Credit Suisse Summer 2020 IB 281 5y
+242 Any questions on life in finance in Hong Kong? Q&A OFF 82 6y
+242 Meritocracy is Bad? OTH 136 6y
+242 J.P. Morgan 2019 IBD Video Interview IB 528 7y
+242 Establishing Executive Presence OFF 41 8y
+242 MBA vs. MSF - Investment management BSCH 205 9y
+241 Q&A: PE/VC FoF Principal VC 137 1y
+241 Pet Peeves / office etiquette IB 58 2y
+241 What's so good about Evercore? IB 102 3y
+241 How do you spend your bonus? IB 133 4y
+241 Q&A: GS Special Situations >> Founder of a Private Equity Startup VC 103 4y
+241 How have your 20s been so far? OFF 125 5y
+241 MS in finance vs MBA IB 253 6y
+241 Another Investment Banking reflection IB 40 6y
+241 The First Annual WSO Fantasy Macro League 2014 INV 267 6y
+241 What's your Top Stock Pick for 2017 INV 132 7y
+241 Will robots replace your consulting or financial career? CO 198 8y
+240 girl who rejected/ghosted me messaged asking for IBD job OFF 70 15h
+240 Life is starting to get boring OFF 60 2y
+240 2023 Consolidated IB Analyst Bonuses IB 74 2y
+240 Should there be a separate forum for private credit? CR 45 2y
+240 Why isn’t accounting to banking more common? IB 102 3y
+240 Shitting on other banks… why? IB 38 3y
+240 From <2 GPA, to Bulge Bracket and Hedge Fund SCSS 35 4y
+240 Dating future banker boy: get out now? or stick it out? IB 52 4y
+240 Culture Shocks (US --> UK) OFF 106 4y
+240 Why do bankers think they are superior? IB 59 4y
+240 What are you doing here? OFF 82 5y
+240 Do many young I-Bankers pivot to F500 ladder? Seems like you sharks would dominate, yeah? IB 79 6y
+240 Thoughts on HBS (Starting Out) BSCH 90 6y
+240 Career Ladder: Equity Research vs. Investment Banking - (A Definitive Guide, Part 3) ER 31 7y
+239 IB doesn't have as much exit opps as this website made me believe IB 134 3mo
+239 My on-cycle experience / guide PE 55 6mo
+239 Truist Pay Bump IB 97 1y
+239 Is S&T still a good career path? TR 82 3y
+239 Don't Masturbate. Don't Look at Porn. OFF 113 3y
+239 "We don't hire VPs" PE 78 4y
+239 Do you guys consider it a turn off if the girl you’re seeing isn’t religious? OFF 134 4y
+239 New To Formal Fashion? Start Here. PT1 FASH 76 5y
+239 Took an Associate job at a tiny firm, how screwed am I? IB 49 7y
+239 For Those About to Propose OFF 154 10y
+239 Breaking into investment banking from a career in engineering JOB 277 11y
+238 MD Can’t Unplug OFF 59 2y
+238 Overview of Sell-Side M&A IB 53 2y
+238 Is There Anything More Useless....? OFF 48 2y
+238 Analyst Pay Bump Updates? IB 298 3y
+238 Married men of WSO, what did you spend on an engagement ring? OFF 188 4y

Career Advancement Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan No 97.3%

Total Avg Compensation

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (50) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (26) $182
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (75) $101