<p>But honestly? If anyone says that they do the first two years of analyst investment banking because they’re “genuinely” interested in it is either lying or has no idea what it entails. 90 hour work weeks, plus tasks that involve you crunching Excel spreadsheets all day long and coming in at 4AM to modify one small teensy detail on the presentation your VP has to make at a meeting tomorrow? I can see why you’d be maybe “interested” in IB, but definitely not the lower profile where you start out stuff.</p>
<p>I started off dreaming about IB. Then I discovered Sales and Trading.</p>