The opportunities investment banking opens up are fantastic. It's the easiest way, and often times the only way, to get into private equity, hedge funds, or cor

The opportunities investment banking opens up are fantastic. It's the easiest way, and often times the only way, to get into private equity, hedge funds, or corporate development, and make a ton of money while doing so. It also helps get into a great business school. The modeling/valuation work is also something that I and most finance people find the most interesting, even though that is probably 5% of the job for an analyst. It's something I was and am still willing to do but it's very hard to get an interview if you didn't go to a top school or know anyone in banking, neither of which I have going for me. I enjoy what I do now, corp finance for a tech company, but banking would be ideal.