April 2023
- Apr 22, 2023Work SkillsBreaking Into Finance Without a Degree: Essential TipsWhich finance roles are genuinely reachable without a finance degree, ranked by accessibility. FP&A analyst, commercial banking credit analysis and fintech roles need roughly three to six months of preparation, equity research and asset management run 12 to 24 months with CFA progress, and bulge-bracket investment banking takes 24 to 48 months via a target MBA or an exceptional lateral move. Private equity nearly always requires prior banking experience first.
- Apr 12, 2023Work SkillsDay in the Life of an Investment Banker: Hours and WorkflowMost bankers put non-deal days at 13 to 16 hours as the typical range rather than the extreme, and live deals push analysts to 90 to 110 hours a week on 3 to 5 hours of sleep, against 75 to 85 hours for VPs. The associate transition is described as the hardest, carrying responsibility for an analyst's output while still sitting at the bottom of the hierarchy from an MD's view.
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