Aimee

Looking back five or ten years, I would never have imagined that I would be working at an investment bank. Frankly, until college I didn’t know what investment banking was.

Beginning at age 8, I spent all of my free time studying music and performing in musical theatre productions. Before going to college I took a year off from school and started a grassroots community service program in Toronto, which incorporated a significant musical component. In college, although I pursued a rigorous academic degree in economics, I split my time at a conservatory in Manhattan studying classical music performance.

I stumbled into investment banking because several of my friends from school were looking into it and I thought I’d see what it was like. While it was never what I expected to be doing, I found that the fit was remarkable. I think this shows you should keep an open mind and be willing to try an unexpected career path.