+48 How College Limits Your Development OFF 20 13y
+48 A Manufactured Crisis OFF 21 13y
+48 Starting a “Hedge Fund” as a Troglodyte OFF 27 13y
+48 MM IBD vs. BB ECM for FT IB 22 13y
+48 Four Years of BraverMania OFF 24 13y
+48 Funny first day story OFF 32 14y
+48 Well...That's Not Shitty At All. OFF 27 14y
+48 When did you "get" finance? OFF 24 14y
+48 If you want a top MBA, avoid trading BSCH 37 14y
+48 Being Decent OFF 19 14y
+48 Late to work! OFF 74 14y
+48 WSO Author has revised his resume; SBs to any advice. RES 23 14y
+48 Are you planning to join the Big Four? CO 20 14y
+48 Will Studying Mandarin Get Me A Job At The Goldman Sachs? IB 14 14y
+48 CFA® Musings Before the Exam OFF 39 14y
+48 Free Model-Formatting Course IB 24 14y
+48 Exit Ops - The End of The Show II IB 26 14y
+48 Internet Reviews: A Grain of Salt, or a Kilo? OFF 13 14y
+48 Absolutely love banking OFF 52 14y
+48 BB vs Fidelity summer TR 24 14y
+48 What about the average kids at places like Wharton/Harvard? BSCH 32 14y
+48 UK Woman Yelling Out Expletives and Racists Comments on Tram OFF 37 14y
+48 Is the Financial Industry Sexist? OFF 24 15y
+48 Carson Block: Zero or Hero? OFF 30 15y
+48 Thank u BSCH 47 15y
+48 Big 4 VS Possible IB JOB 29 15y
+48 Russell Simmons, Original Banksta OFF 34 15y
+48 Bob Diamond Not Making Any Friends OFF 29 15y
+48 Reaching out to alumni JOB 81 15y
+48 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps TR 117 15y
+48 Minting Your Money IB 41 15y
+48 Academic integrity OFF 33 15y
+48 Weekend Wars: Sell side vs. Buy side OFF 65 15y
+48 Undergrad Choice-advice? BSCH 33 16y
+48 Perfect Credit? You're Screwed. OFF 17 16y
+48 Minimum Wage for Bankers IB 45 16y
+48 The difference between kids on WSO and your typical college student OFF 41 17y
+48 Chat up line on subway reqd... OFF 77 18y
+48 Any I-Bankers Married / Have Girlfriends? IB 53 19y
+47 Does anyone do FIG willingly? IB 26 6d
+47 Have we seen the last private equity billionaire? PE 20 1w
+47 Starting technical prep for 2028 IB internships IB 6 1w
+47 If my GPA is 3.97 can I put 4.0 on resume IB 14 1w
+47 Where do you live in NY and what do you pay in rent as a Jr. / Sr. HF Analyst? HF 66 2w
+47 Corp Strategy is not a great exit CO 36 2w
+47 Single Family Rental - Hold or Sell? RE 12 2w
+47 Made $4.5 million in the stock market at 22 OFF 19 3w
+47 What should we be buying? RE 32 3w
+47 MBA Investment Banking Recruiting Toxicity BSCH 14 3w
+47 Cornell (A&S) vs. Georgetown (SFS)... cannot decide. IB 34 1mo
+47 One Rock Capital Partners PE 55 1mo
+47 Two Agency Lenders for sale RE 24 1mo
+47 Comp Database - Repost/Update RE 8 1mo
+47 At a RX Firm That Does Mainly UCC Work... Am I Screwed? CO 34 2mo
+47 Analyst to PM HF 29 2mo
+47 Post-IB Paths (non-buyside) IB 11 2mo
+47 Driving cross country OFF 21 2mo
+47 On Cycle Results PE 73 2mo
+47 Biggest (avoidable) failures in PE Investments? PE 24 3mo
+47 did i ruin my life by graduating with a 3.4 OFF 23 3mo
+47 Investment banking in Russia IB 82 3mo
+47 Modeling Question - Combining Condo Sales & Rental Space RE 9 3mo
+47 Got caught with a wrong number in an IC meeting because I trusted AI output. PE 13 4mo
+47 NYU Stern vs Cornell Undergrad BSCH 15 4mo
+47 Broke into M&A IB at (EVR/PJT/CVP) in NYC as an international non-tranditional, and non-target student (6 banking interviews received) IB 21 4mo
+47 Let's talk internal politics/mentorship OFF 8 5mo
+47 Understating GPA for motivation IB 9 5mo
+47 How / why does Enterprise value change? IB 23 6mo
+47 RX Rankings 2026 IB 23 6mo
+47 Software PE - deal count going forward? PE 17 6mo
+47 Is investment banking still a good career with the rise of AI? IB 17 6mo
+47 Programmatic JV vs. Deal by Deal - Pros/Cons? RE 26 6mo
+47 Piper Sandler vs UBS buyside exits IB 22 6mo
+47 Wells Fargo Top Groups (US) IB 101 7mo
+47 Advice for Freshmen Year if You Want IB!!! IB 20 7mo
+47 Rejection from Bocconi with a 770 GMAT BSCH 55 8mo
+47 Best Tech PE Deals Ever? PE 34 8mo
+47 Finding the Ideal Strat Fi Exit IB 36 8mo
+47 In between jobs: HF Q&A HF 25 9mo
+47 Another question from an "outsider". HF 19 9mo
+47 How does HIG structure deals in unique ways? PE 16 9mo
+47 AS1 thinking about quitting with nothing lined up - thoughts? IB 37 9mo
+47 2025 - Thoughts on Gordon Dyal & Co? IB 18 10mo
+47 Are financial modelling skills overrated? PE 9 10mo
+47 Fundless Sponsors PE 27 10mo
+47 The L/S Entry-Level Toolkit HF 14 10mo
+47 Went to Harvard Law School and still feel like a failure. BSCH 19 11mo
+47 BCG Perks CO 23 11mo
+47 SM to Running Capital? HF 22 11mo
+47 Fundraising/IR vs PFG vs Wholesaler PE 12 11mo
+47 Boomerang from PE back to IB? PE 14 11mo
+47 Modeling Value-Add Apartments RE 38 1y
+47 Found a distressed manufacturing business to purchase for around 900K PE 20 1y
+47 How easy is Private Credit? PE 16 1y
+47 Dating for ib IB 21 1y
+47 Training in MMA Muay Thai and BJJ is like an adult Fight Club movie OFF 12 1y
+47 Best MDs of all time IB 43 1y
+47 Restructuring IB v HF out of undergrad? HF 28 1y
+47 AI-Driven Investment Firm HF 40 1y
+47 Hot Take: On-Cycle Overweights the “Leftovers” from Target Schools PE 21 1y

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 (51) $260
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (26) $182
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101