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Perhaps nothing solidified the hard-charging always-on culture of the investment banking sector more than the

movie Wall Street. You might remember Michael Douglas as scheming corrupt Gordon Gecko.

The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good.

Greed is right. Greed works.

In the decades since, those who chose investment banking as a career could expect high

stress, long hours, and little time for a personal life. So it's probably no surprise that among

the first folks calling for a return to the office were the heads of those very companies.

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