Careers in Investment Banking, 2007 Edition

Intensely competitive, action-oriented, and profit-hungry, investment banking can seem like a larger-than-life world where deals are done and fortunes are made. And that it is. But it’s also a great place to learn the ins and outs of corporate finance and pick up analytical skills that will prove useful throughout your business career. But investment banking has a very steep learning curve, and chances are you’ll start off in a job whose duties are more Working Girl than Wall Street.