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Originally Posted by AaronSJ
To be an investment banker, obviously you need to have an understanding of markets and finance, and well as strong quantitative skills. The people that get hired are generally very driven, competitive, focused high-achievers.... and are frequently (my opinion) driven by money and the prospect of earning even more money.
To excel as an investment banker (your question), you need to "be better" than the average person I described above. In order words, you'll need to work harder, learn more, and prove yourself as smarter & brighter than your colleagues (most of whom are already hard workers and quite intelligent).... it's not a world for the faint of heart or those who are easily offended by their co-workers!
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I have many banker friends, and that summed it up nicely. I chose not to go down that route after business school because despite having all the academic and aptitude qualifications, I just don't have it in me to make my body sick from 4 hour sleep nights for 3 years straight all to be put out of a job eventually due to a competing analyst who managed to find a way to do it with only 3 hours sleep. It's really a dog eat dog world where you could be thrown under the bus at any time. Not a good way to spend your 20s I thought.