+85 How Tech Beat Wall Street OFF 34 10y
+85 Who Has More Career Oppourtunities? CFA® or CPA? BSCH 118 10y
+85 What would it take for you to leave? IB 24 10y
+85 12 Hours Till Deadline: The All Nighter, Part 1 OFF 44 11y
+85 Should You Learn Mandarin? Probably Not. OFF 66 11y
+85 Ask Sandy about HBS OFF 58 11y
+85 The 7 "Good" Work Habits of Bad Analysts OFF 47 11y
+85 Why is IB better than ER for HF? HF 61 11y
+85 Best way to invest a fairly large inheritance, what would you do? OFF 114 12y
+85 Your job is going to be relatively mindless, repetitive, and dull. CF 20 12y
+85 Why does everyone want to do strategy consulting? CO 39 12y
+85 Heavy Drinkers Outlive Abstainers OFF 61 13y
+85 Public Ivy BSCH 74 13y
+85 For One Day Longer OFF 32 14y
+85 Seriously, what does a person need to do to get FT offers in this market?!! JOB 77 14y
+85 South Korea’s College Entrance Exams OFF 55 14y
+85 Man Week: Taking a Beating OFF 73 14y
+85 A Peak Inside the Kimono IB 87 15y
+85 Four Loko Is the Devil IB 109 15y
+85 Sport Bike OFF 70 15y
+85 Shorting the U.S. Government TR 65 16y
+85 Tiger Woods Getting Divorced - $750 Million Settlement! OFF 81 16y
+85 Citi offer--I accepted, is it safe? IB 366 16y
+84 How to *really* add value as a first-year analyst in a deal team? IB 20 1mo
+84 Jedi looking to Lateral into IBanking IB 67 2mo
+84 Evercore SA26 MegaThread IB 380 2mo
+84 Leaving IB For Military Thoughts/Advice IB 37 4mo
+84 Why do people say IB isn’t an intellectual field? IB 26 4mo
+84 How Bad Is This? Printed Book In Person Meeting Full of #VALUE Errors IB 37 5mo
+84 Plan on Buying a House in 3 Years - What to Invest in Until Then AM 22 5mo
+84 Top VC firms pay $2mm/year to poach ex-PE Analysts PE 70 5mo
+84 How does every wannabe banker have an internship at NextGen Growth Partners / Internships to avoid IB 40 5mo
+84 I Graduated With A 3.2 GPA And Became The 3rd Ever Wall Street Investment Banker From My School. Here’s My Story. IB 16 6mo
+84 What If We All Quit At Once? OFF 19 6mo
+84 Books to become better / activities to be more interesting OFF 46 9mo
+84 Investment Banks as Football Clubs IB 53 10mo
+84 Craziest Ponzi Scheme you've ever heard of OFF 61 1y
+84 What is there outside of IB? IB 23 1y
+84 What do you love to do? OFF 53 1y
+84 Wearing fake Patek Phillipe/Rolex FASH 62 1y
+84 Q: Law vs. finance? A: Law just fucking sucks. OFF 13 1y
+84 Banking Senior Fired After AI Tracks Down his Identity IB 25 1y
+84 Landed an offer OFF 15 1y
+84 Impenetrable Defense of Tariffs OFF 42 1y
+84 Ex-Moelis Banker Kaye Enters Into Plea Deal After Punching Woman OFF 40 1y
+84 Bitcoin - Believe the Hype CRYPTO 51 1y
+84 Riaing Banks vs Falling Bank IB 43 1y
+84 Should I leave my cushy MM PE gig? PE 30 1y
+84 Networking - you guys can’t possibly be this busy JOB 21 1y
+84 Best apartments in Chicago? IB 62 1y
+84 Pod Shop Regret HF 26 2y
+84 Why are there so many Canadians on this site? OFF 87 2y
+84 Why Carry is Hard to Realize PE 5 2y
+84 Healthcare PE - top shops PE 79 2y
+84 Investment Banking US League Table July 2024 (FactSet) IB 55 2y
+84 The cologne that changed everything.... OFF 15 2y
+84 How do you split expenses with your partner? PE 35 2y
+84 Blackstone Performance Kinda Sucks, No? PE 31 2y
+84 How do more people in high finance (IB/PE/HF/etc) not retire early? IB 35 2y
+84 Better Understanding Low Income Housing Tax Credit Investing + Section 8 Housing? RE 32 2y
+84 Golf Clubs OFF 35 2y
+84 Rank the following firms for RX IB 38 2y
+84 Kim Kardashian is the new Steve Schwartzman PE 42 3y
+84 Crazy to take MM offer if lead analyst in ER? HF 23 3y
+84 Headhunter Calls On Cycle 2025 PE 124 3y
+84 PE Funds in Europe / Recommendations / Associate Level PE 49 3y
+84 How has IB affected you? IB 42 3y
+84 Getting into RenTech HF 65 3y
+84 From Analyst to VP in less than 5 Years PE 45 3y
+84 Which banks have the best WLB? IB 64 3y
+84 1st Years Quitting Yet? IB 80 3y
+84 Just Got Engaged OFF 84 3y
+84 Analyst vs Associate IB 169 3y
+84 Megafund/UMM PE Analyst Program Discussion Thread PE 57 4y
+84 What's your evening routine? OFF 50 4y
+84 S&T Literature/Books for Interns? TR 20 4y
+84 HK IBD SA 2010 Thread JOB 279 4y
+84 Walk me through a DCF IB 65 4y
+84 Q&A: Non-Target who didn't break into IB IB 31 4y
+84 Why does HR do this? RE 27 4y
+84 Will being openly liberal hurt my job prospects? JOB 30 4y
+84 Self Worth Taking a Hit (Need Help) IB 23 4y
+84 Citi Tech - Weakest Group in SF IB 26 4y
+84 What are some cool hobbies/things to do after work? OFF 292 4y
+84 PPP Money OFF 27 4y
+84 Which was harder? College or IB? IB 31 4y
+84 Have any of you guys ever battled with any addictions? OFF 77 4y
+84 What made you realize life is short? OFF 55 4y
+84 New York crime getting out of hand? OTH 43 4y
+84 Anchorage Capital Group: Time to Die in 2021? HF 54 4y
+84 Freshmen private wealth management internship? WM 112 4y
+84 Q&A: BB M&A Banking to PE Associate and then a Pivot to a Tech VC / Growth Equity VC 26 4y
+84 Associate trying to get me fired - imminent resolution needed IB 47 4y
+84 M&A Question Asked by PJT London IB 61 4y
+84 GSA Capital that bad HF 64 5y
+84 SaaS LBO PE 38 5y
+84 Declining an offer: does it kill all future opps? JOB 95 5y
+84 What do you hope to accomplish by age 30, 40 and so on? OFF 80 5y
+84 What Do You Look Forward To Short-Term? OFF 64 5y
+84 List of FT Financial Leadership Development Programs, and other such things JOB 20 5y

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

Total Avg Compensation

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101