Have you ever explored in any other career paths or industries before joining IB? If I can rewind time, I would have gone to law school instead.

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I went to law school first. It was horrible. I wouldn’t do it again.

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Seconded

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Did engineering then consulting than IB. If I could go back I'd probably do something in software engineering earlier on. But I'm also glad of the experience and what I've learned in IB

Idk why you’d want to have done law school. Unless you have a passion for litigation or something totally unrelated, you’d have a similar wlb plus $200k debt (assuming no scholarship) minus the opportunity cost of 3 years earnings and early career growth. Think you chose wisely imo

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