What are good investment jobs?

Investment banking jobs that focus on mergers and acquisitions specialize in providing strategic advice to companies looking to merge with their competitors or buy smaller companies. M&A bankers utilize financial modeling to evaluate these potential large-scale deals.

Underwriting specialists typically focus on debt or equity and often have an industry-based focus as well. These bankers commonly serve in client-facing roles, working with outside contacts to determine capital needs while at the same time working in-house to find the best options.

Bankers who work in private equity raise money for non-public enterprises and companies, keeping a portion of their profits through deals.

Meanwhile, venture capital investment bankers specialize in providing new capital to emerging companies, often in rapidly-developing industries, including tech, biotech, and green technology.

Employees of venture capital firms are typically both adept at number crunching and deal-making and clued into new technologies and ideas. They usually get a sense of thrill from the prospect of discovering "the next new thing."