“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.”

-William Shakespeare, Henry VI Part 2, Act IV

Decided to kill your career in law and switch into banking? Want to be paid by the results instead of by the hour (and hopefully make one of those astronomical investment banking bonuses)?

The good news is that it’s fairly common for lawyers to switch into finance and investment banking specifically.

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“6:30 Sycophant drops by on his way out. Client meeting next Friday but wants complete turn of a pitch for first thing tomorrow morning (tomorrow morning = when he finally gets around to looking at it at some point next week). A quick calculation; there’s no way I’m getting out of here before four in the morning.”

-The Bitter Investment Banker Email

Ah, the life of an investment banking analyst. What will your hours be? How much work do you actually do? Is it true you play Solitaire most of the day and then only work at night? Do you really have Sycophants dropping off work that they will never look at and telling you to have it done by tomorrow morning? Will you be jammin’ at Goldman Sachs? Is it all worth just to get those amazing investment banking bonuses?

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“It’s something very personal, a very important thing. Hell! It’s a family motto. Are you ready Jerry? I wanna make sure you’re ready, brother. Here it is: Show me the money. SHOW! ME! THE! MONEY! Jerry, it is such a pleasure to say that! Say it with me one time, Jerry.”

-Rod Tidwell, “Jerry Maguire” (1996)

If you’re anything like Rod here, you’ve come to the right place. Welcome to Part I of “Breaking And Entering Into Finance”, a series on how to get into finance from a non-finance background. I find myself answering this question a lot, possibly because I’m from a non-finance background myself. Or maybe just because everyone wants to get into finance.

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