The jaw-droppingly long hours investment bankers work are legendary. A widely-reported recent survey of first year analysts at Goldman Sachs revealed that they work on average more than 95 hours per week, and sleep around 5 hours each night. Across the industry, average investment banker hours are between 70-85 hours per week. No matter how you slice it, that’s a lot of time to spend working.
But is it really necessary? In today’s technology-driven world, aren’t there solutions to automate a lot of the work and make a day in the life of an investment banker more balanced and less…