Back when I posted my representative Week In The Life Of An Investment Banking Analyst, I skipped Saturday and figured no one would notice (or just assume that we don’t work on Saturdays).

However, I’ve received an unprecedented number of comments and emails inquiring about “what happened to Saturday”, so I went back to my journal to figure out what Saturday in this week looked like.

I could be cruel and write about that one Saturday when I was summoned away from dinner and had to pull an all-nighter into Sunday, but that’s not representative of a typical weekend (plus, that’s a story for another time).

So here’s Saturday of that same week:

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I’ve been getting a lot of emails lately congratulating me on finishing up my time as an analyst and wondering what I’m up to now. Is life less stressful? More fun? What do I actually do all day? And most importantly, what about the models and bottles?

Since I looked at a week in the life of an investment banking analyst (my old life) last week, I thought today would be a good chance to contrast old and new.

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Back when I wrote that Friday at 4 PM is the worst time to be an investment banker, I wasn’t joking. Mondays and Fridays tend to be the worst because of all the last-minute surprises, though in this case my Friday surprise arrived earlier than 4 PM.

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What is Investment Banking?: Ari Gold: What Bankers Actually Do, Why NOT Do Investment Banking

Investment Banking Lifestyle: A Day in the Life - Worst Day and Best Day, How to Stay Fit, Investment Banking Wardrobe for Men, Investment Banking Lingo Part 1 and Part 2, A Week in the Life (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday)

Breaking into Finance: How to Get an Investment Banking Job, Networking into Investment Banking, Recruiting in a Tough Market, Breaking in from Engineering, Breaking in from Law, Breaking in from the Back Office

Investment Banking Resumes: How to Write an Investment Banking Resume, How Investment Bankers Read Resumes

Investment Banking Interviews: Investment Banking Interview Guide, The Interview Selection Process, How to Close Your Interviews

Summer Internships: Summer Intern Success Guide, How to Dominate Your Summer Internship, Tips from a Former Summer Analyst, What You Do as a Summer Analyst, 10 Summer Internship "Don't's", How Summer Interns Get Full-Time Offers

Investment Banking Salaries: Investment Banking Salaries vs. McDonald's, Why Investment Bankers Make So Much Money, 2008 Analyst Bonuses

Private Equity / Buyside Jobs: Private Equity Resumes, Private Equity Interviews, The Myth of the Buyside Job, Headhunters: Friend or Foe?

Specific Groups: UBS LA, Boutiques, Restructuring, The Back Office

Quitting Finance: The Conference Room: How You Get Fired, The Farewell Email, A Day in the Life of a Former Investment Banker