Pros
The opportunity to learn about the financial field is a great asset that NMFN brings. Not only that, the internship program has been in the Top 10 Internships, rated by Vault.com, for the past 13 straight years. You get the chance to do real work, as you have your own client base, you arrange your own schedule, and you have weekly meetings with management to keep you on track with your work and goals. It gives you a great chance to see if you can hack in the commissions world, and if you can't then you did not waste that much time since it won't take you long to realize if you are cut out for the business.
Cons
You are definitely always busy, which can be good and bad. If you are not busy, you won't survive long since you won't be making much of an income. Also, you have to learn how to accept rejection. A lot of it. People will say no to you on the phone, in person, through email, and by not responding to you at all, which is the worst. You can strain friendships and go into debt in the beginning so you are not handed a list of people to meet with. You call who you know and that is how you start out in the business.