Is investment banking hazardous for your health?

<p>Yes, it isn’t “required” of people to work all those hours. Presumably, it is “required” in order to advance in the profession. So there are also, presumably, many other people who are advancing in the profession who are working the same hours, if not longer. So, medically, there must be an anomaly here - something that makes one person succumb, but not another. Again, residents after medical school face much of the same-fate - long hours, blurring of the lines between work and life, doing what your superiors want.</p>