Is Finance the Right Career for You? (Ask Yourself these Questions)

Finance is a very lucrative and rewarding career path, but it's not for everyone. You need to work extremely hard in school to be a top candidate and most finance firms have a very intense culture, where you'll easily be working over 60 hours per week. In this video, we'll go over some questions you can ask yourself to determine whether finance is the right long-term career path for you. Peak Frameworks is a business career prep service started by Matt Ting and Patrick Fong, who have each spent several years working in investment banking and private equity in New York and Silicon Valley. Matt and Patrick met at Evercore, a top tier investment bank, and over the years have tutored and coached dozens of candidates to land their dream business job. 0:00 - Types of People that Go into Finance 0:52 - Step 1: Do You Like Finance Itself? 3:50 - Step 2: Decide What Work / Life Balance You Want 5:13 - Step 3: Find Mentors With Similar Values as You