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		foobarqux on April 14, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Entrepreneur First Thinks It Can Grab The Talent L... While it is true that "investment bank" means a bank that does investment banking, investment banker does not mean an employee of an investment bank. A trader at an investment bank is no more of an investment banker than a backend software developer at the same institution.

ig1 on April 15, 2014 [–]

I think you misread the thread, the discussion was about the field of investment banking and not specifically about investment bankers.

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