<p>Thank you oldfort, that was very informative. </p>
<p>The part you wrote about trading and its future is especially interesting to me. A friend of mine worked at a prop shop specializing in bonds (i think) for two years, and then went to get his MBA. That is something I might want to do after a few years of actual trading. That way, the MBA would give me the opportunity to leverage my skills into another position possibly. </p>
<p>Are there any fields in ibanking that the least competitive to get into, but still pay well, and have a good future as job mobility and advancement?</p>