CptnKrank

I love seeing the ignorance that emerges in these AMA's relating to investment bankers. I am really interested in a career in either IB or Consulting, have a few questions for you.
1) How did you cope with the hours? I like working hard, I like working for my money but I also like enjoying free time and having a social life. When working a 100 hours as an analyst that would certainly have to suffer 2)What were you academic results like through your degree? I'm currently in my second year and will be realistically looking at 2.2, 2.2, 2.1 and 2.1 (years 1-4). This summer I'd hope to get an accountancy internship in one of the big 4 followed by an internship next year in one of the large IBs. I know there's more to a candidate than solely their academic credentials + internship but would this stand me well for a BB in London? (Top Irish university, undergrad will be in Business and French)
3) What is it that makes you enjoy this job? I know the paycheck is certainly a bonus but you've said there's more to it than that?
4) Your exit strategy? Private Equity? Venture Capitalist?
Thanks for doing the AMA.

If anything I am extremely worried it's going to work in Adams and Sinn Fein's favour for the coming elections. This was not a good time to arrest him.

People don't seem to take into account Big Pharma need to make a profit to fund further R&D.

We have "free fees" here in Ireland. It's not actually free, €3000 per year for those who can afford it and for those who can't they receive a grant to attend college.

Although this is great in theory it has led to education inflation. A bachelors isn't worth what a bachelors is in other countries as every Tom Dick and Harry has one. A sense of entitlement has developed amongst people that tertiary education is a right not a privilege and as a result many float through the system at the taxpayers expense achieving grades so low that their degree is ultimately worthless due to education inflation. They end up in a job that doesn't require a degree in the first place and ultimately as a result resources are diverted away from areas of greater need i.e. students where even the current grant isn't sufficient (those who live further away than commuting distances as rent isn't included in the grant) or for the lack of funding for research and proper facilities.

Irish universities have been tumbling in the rankings due to a lack of funding. Instead of granting every student the right to study a degree which they don't need and is of little use to their prospects or others, funding should be diverted towards the development of university facilities and offering those who don't have the means to attend university the possibility to do so.

Nope. My stance is drugs should be legalized but if one uses drugs, one has to accept they may end up in jail as a result. Quickest way to resolve that is lobbying for drug legalization. Calling drugs a victimless crime is quite naive, when a habit forms for addictive drugs there are often many victims as a result as the addict tries to feed their habit.