Students from every major consider numerous short-term and long-term reasons for pursuing investment banking.

Short-term reasons for seeking a Wall Street job include interaction with senior employees, competitive pay, excellent training, and transferable skill sets right out of school. BYU students who seek a demanding and rewarding work atmosphere make good candidates for investment banking positions.

Wall Street jobs also offer the long-term benefit of opening the doors to many other professional avenues such as private equity and hedge funds.

With respect to the competitive pay, even the great investor Warren Buffett has said, "If a [graduate] were to ask me, 'How do I get rich in a hurry?' I would . . . point with [one hand] toward Wall Street."