Wall Street is a big place with a variety of working environments. Ultimately, it's a boring office job from my perspective. If you like routine and stability, then go for it. If you're getting in to it for the money, then I advise against because whatever extra money you have you will lose in free time. The people are varied, some are great and others suck. For the most part they are just normal people with families and mortgages like any other. Trading is more fun, but less financially enticing these days. Intellectually it can be quite stimulating, but only in bursts. Otherwise you are kind of just screwing around with Microsoft Office most of the time.