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How difficult is a career in investment banking?
Posted by admin on April 8th, 2010
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Investment banking is a highly competitive field. The job tends to require a fairly high skill set but the difficulty really depends on the position, being the head of an investment bank is a high stress position that is extremely difficult, hence the high wages they earn, in contrast working on the buy/sell side of things can be substantially easier.
An MBA will open paths for you to get into large firms but Experience is what really matters in this field, its a long path to the top.
in terms of math you can probably get away with a strong understanding of algebra, unless you work for a firm that employs complex formulas and computer buying and selling, and even then it is unlikely you would need more than algebra.