"Your health is unlikely to suffer in any appreciable long-term way working banking hours for a few years in your 20's. " That's an incredibly broad statement

"Your health is unlikely to suffer in any appreciable long-term way working banking hours for a few years in your 20's. " That's an incredibly broad statement to make for the whole population. Everyone is different and have different tolerances. I would agree with you to the extent that people are able to know their tolerances and stop, but that doesn't seem to be the case for banking. I always say, Money (and hence career) is a solvable problem. Health less likely. You can't always solve away your chronic health issues by working harder, spending more money on it, etc. It would be nice to ask all those people with chronic back pain, chronic insomnia, etc. that isn't easily fixable if the "opportunity" was worth it.