Don't people get it? IB is "gone" and so is the money

[Polo08816]

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I read every single post, and damn! Polo08816 is getting knocked the **** out! </p>

<p>Bro, just give it up.

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<p>Let’s face it, when you come onto an ibanking forum (filled with ibankers) and say that there IS at least one path in life (PharmD + JD –> patent law, making Colonel by your upper 30s) where you’d at least make comperable compensation with much greater security/stability there is going to be backlash.</p>

<p>One thing you can always count on is that people will defend their lifestyle with vigor (Jihad anyone?). People will always believe that no one could have done better than them or their children(especially those with “inferior” upbringings).</p>

<p>The simple fact is that I didn’t come on here to say that what I have done or that my situation is applicable to the masses. It’s not and there’s no question about it. I understand that few people would ever take the commitment to serve in the military and as a result of that be able to obtain free schooling by state law for all their education.</p>

<p>I wanted to disprove this assumption that gellino said from the beginning:

The salaries of the last few years may be gone for a while, but for someone graduating from college this year or next, the money is still going to better than **any other options **besides rock star, actor or professional athlete. The problem is now that there are less spots, the competition to attain one will even be greater.

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<p>Will an ibanker make more than pharmacist a couple years down the road? Yes.
Will the average ibanker last long enough in the field (past 3 years)? No.
Will ibanking make more than patent law? It’s possible in the future. If you are a successful ibanker or patent lawyer, you’ll make enough to the point where you can definitely live very very comfortably.
Will ibanking be as secure as patent law? Definitely not. The entry requirements to patent law are much higher but the expense is that the formal schooling is much longer. Because of this the supply side of patent law is restricted and throttled.</p>

<p>As for being knocked out, that’s hardly what happened. If you’re equating knocked out to a bar fight, that’s nothing. You get a couple bruises and that’s about it. You want to see someone permanently disabled and in an inmeasureable amount of pain that I cannot even begin to describe, you should come to the mat with me and we’ll get into combatives. </p>

<p>The key for anything is to get in early and be dedicated to it.</p>