How Investment Banking Prepared Me for Parenthood

And I had no clue at the time…

Lane Henry
ILLUMINATION
Published in
4 min readApr 6, 2023

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My days are a lot different than they were a decade ago when I worked in investment banking. I’ve replaced cleaning up Excel spreadsheets with wiping clean sticky fingers.

However, the funny thing is, if you zoom out, these two sections of my life look eerily similar.

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Lane Henry
ILLUMINATION

Reformed banker, writer, mom, traveler, DIYer…in no particular order. I write about finance, parenting, travel, and other things on my mind. 3x top writer.