Commercial Banking vs. Investment Banking: Careers, Recruiting, Compensation, and Exits
M&I - Brian
The “commercial banking vs. investment banking” question is a bit silly because they’re not in the same category. Yes, some students apply to both roles, and some people move from one field to the other, but they serve very different functions and represent different types of careers. If you look at most online content about this topic, it’s a mix of AI slop and “comparison” articles authored by hordes of monkeys at their keyboards. So, I’ll take a different approach here and focus on the differ