I do agree with most of what you said, but re: buy side and sell side:<p>"1. The “math” involved in corporate finance is A JOKE. As in, it’s addition / subtraction and maybe multiplication sometimes if things get really fancy.<p>Finance is 99% about social skills, networking, and making people like you… and 1% about technical skills." - Ex-investment banker, <a href="http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/getting-a-finance-job-from-engineering/" rel="nofollow">http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/getting-a-finance-job-...</a>