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Lately I’ve been getting lots of questions on what exactly investment banking Summer Analysts actually do.

As we all know, at the top levels investment bankers are just miniature versions of Ari Gold.

But are summer interns just miniature versions of Lloyd?

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So that’s a good day as an Analyst: laughing at other peoples’ misfortunes, not having to do any real work, talking to the client on the phone over something they view as important, and leaving early to watch a moderately bad made-for-TV movie.

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