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I know alot of investment bankers... My wife was one at Bankers Trust/Deutche Bank before she became a stay at home mom. You need to be able to hustle. you have to look the part, dress the part, act the part. you have to have a good business degree (MBA) from a top tier school. you have to be top of your class. My wife was in the Private investment Bank (for high networth individuals. ) They figured out strategies to preserve an individuals assets. It's a complicated process of sales and smarts. My wife was very good at it. She made alot of dough at it as well. But if you are not an MBA from an ivy league school you will not get the jobs that make the real money. Without the right pedigree, you can probably work your way up but you will not get the interview to be in the investment banking division as an investment banker. You can start off in a support staff division.
I know this because my wife has only a BA from UCLA. she does not have a MBA from a ivy league school. She started in Bankers Trust in their retirement account services division. After 4 years of diligent work (she won numerous awards at the company for the programs she setup for retirement services) she was hand picked to join the investment banking division along with 15 others, who were all MBA's from Ivy League schools. They went thru 1 year of training and after that she was hired on as a investment banker in the private investment bank division. So the moral of the story is anyone can do it. If you have the guts to do so.
This really makes me think twice. I am from no IVY league so are you saying no hope for me? I know your wife did it with BA but what about today?
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But if you are not an MBA from an ivy league school you will not get the jobs that make the real money.