Top Discussions in Private Equity Forum - Last Year

+727	Why The Grass Isn't Greener: The Private Equity Associate Crisis (PEAC)	53	6mo
+724	High finance not worth it for women	235	2w
+650	Thoughts From a MF PE Associate	97	2mo
+381	What lessons you learned the hard way so everyone else doesn't have to?	56	3w
+377	The unspoken truth about PE handcuffs	64	3w
+339	Worse than IB?	87	8mo
+335	Walking away from buyside after associate years	58	10mo
+320	My (successful) experience with on-cycle this year	70	8mo
+302	Please Tell Me I Can Look Forward to PE	68	3mo

+280	Selfish Ask for Help in Situation	60	7mo
+270	Just got in to the carry pool today fellas.	90	3mo
+264	HIG in 2024	88	12h
+264	How much money to "feel rich" in nyc?	150	9mo
+263	The Long Game - 20 years ago / 20 years from now	61	1w
+254	Keen for views on MBAs	88	3mo
+249	Gen Z = IB and PE less competitive?	70	5mo
+236	BDT & MSD Updated Views	81	3d
+233	Leaving PE - to the older folks on WSO	66	1mo
+225	Large Cap PE is Institutionalized Slavery	51	8mo
+200	Paths Back to Buyside?	54	2mo
+197	Advice? Am I crazy? My plan to become a billionaire.	59	4mo
+192	Having a really tough time in PE…	77	4mo
+183	What makes you happy outside of work? Have it all but stuck in a void.	67	9mo
+182	Selling Company to join a private equity fund	52	7mo

+177	Rent as a PE associate	87	9mo
+173	ON CYCLE 2023 MASTER THREAD	205	8mo
+167	Taking Chill, Non-Finance Job for Mental Health vs. Plowing Through? [NEED ADVICE]	22	6mo
+165	Find something you like to do and do it to death	24	3w
+160	Boring personalities in PE. Is PE inherently soul crushing?	51	1mo
+152	Why you shouldn't do Infra PE	82	1mo
+151	Ex Apollo Associate Q&A (But I Actually Answer)	190	1d
+148	Help with career development	53	5mo
+145	Carlyle would be so cool if it were better and I wish it was	21	9mo
+143	Dark thoughts	26	1mo
+137	Ex Apollo associate Q&A	73	2w
+133	Should I just quit?	26	3mo
+130	PE Seniors: How do you guys manage WLB in the long term, whats the path to long term success/avoiding burnout in PE?	59	1mo
+130	Investing in collectibles?	35	7mo
+129	Which PE Firms are going downhill?	99	3h
+123	Lower Middle Market Private Equity is Paradise	15	9mo
+121	GF left me after saying she'd support an LDR	51	6mo
+121	Laid Off From Toxic Job	41	1mo
+121	PE Firms With Good Work Cultures	78	5mo
+120	A PSA: doing your own deals is nothing like being an associate at a name brand fund	14	8mo
+115	why do you like PE investing	31	1mo
+114	How bad was MF MBA placement this year	71	2d
+114	BlackRock to buy Global Infrastructure Partners for $12.5bn	50	2mo
+109	Tiger Global Memo	52	2mo
+106	Leaving PE for Biomedical Engineering (Neuroengineering) PhD	33	3mo
+105	How to think like an Infra Investor?	32	1mo
+104	Was the grass greener over there? Or was it greener where you were? (A post-mortem thread)	27	5mo
+101	Who is actually good in the secondaries game?	113	1mo
+101	Growth Equity/Growth Buyout Exits	45	5d
+100	Q&A - Anything about PE / MBA / Life	99	2d
+99	What type of MF group would you want to be in for the next 5-10 years?	63	5mo
+98	Funds with the best culture	105	1d
+98	Brutal Firing Stories	21	6mo
+97	Delete	24	5mo
+96	Firms that you have beef with	91	1mo
+95	PE to Digital Nomad Transition	37	1w
+93	Didn’t See the Light at the End of the Tunnel. Do you?	33	5mo
+92	Burnout - What Comes Next?	39	2mo
+92	Current PE Recruiting Environment London	67	4mo
+88	SAN FRANCISCO MEETUP	70	3d
+88	Where Would You Want to be a VP Today?	47	2mo
+88	Why is PE associate pay still much lower than banking pay?	84	2mo
+88	Why not stay in advisory and make 7 figures in early 30s?	64	3mo
+86	Tax Equity in Renewables	27	6mo
+85	Non-Target in PE	25	1w
+84	How to train attention to detail	22	10mo
+83	Headhunter Calls On Cycle 2025	124	9mo
+82	Blackstone Performance Kinda Sucks, No?	31	2mo
+81	Getting an analyst for the first time - any advice?	12	3mo
+80	Question about Founder Role Post-Acquisition	14	7mo
+79	My Hours As A First Year Associate in PE	21	8mo
+78	Does working at Apollo solve my problems ?	16	11mo
+76	Tiger Global Attacked Former Employee that Wrote Book About Chase	11	1mo
+76	Just got put on PIP, What do I do now?	39	2mo
+74	Self-admittedly "mid" analyst transitioning to MF PE	8	10mo
+73	Which tech PE shop would you join?	64	1mo
+73	Silver Lake cancels analyst program	21	7mo
+73	“End of an Era for PE” - Marc Rowan	23	8mo
+70	On Cycle 2025 Advice	10	9mo
+69	Delayed promotion, what to do	34	1mo
+69	PE Ranking - Europe	60	3mo
+68	Best perks and nicest offices?	51	3mo
+67	Another career-crisis / passion vs career post!	23	8mo
+66	Associates who have realized PE is not the promised land, what's next?	45	2mo
+66	At what point is an analyst PE program better than IB?	13	6mo
+66	Has PE been good for you / better than IB?	27	5mo
+66	Grad degrees = straight liabilities	20	10mo
+65	Moving internally at MF	38	6mo
+64	High finance comp ceiling India	35	2w
+64	Straight to PE vs doing 1-2 years of IB First	24	5mo
+64	Months in and already burned out	18	6mo
+64	Warburg returns?	16	8mo
+64	Opinion: Watches in Finance	51	11mo
+64	Anybody have a minority growth equity model example / test? Interviewing soon	197	9mo
+63	Videogame Studios - What Do the #s Look Like?	22	6mo
+62	How to Model SaaS Projections for Interviews	63	1d

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+484	Spring Weeks are Paradise	IB	82	1w
+324	Boys Who Invest	OFF	32	4d
+314	What it means to fight for your life. To fight for your physical independence. To fight for mobility.	OFF	21	2d
+215	Best Undergrad IB/PE Club Placement	IB	121	39s
+213	FINALLY LANDED A FUCKING OFFERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR	SCSS	55	1w
+209	dealing with inadequacy	IB	41	3w
+197	Is my life over after not getting GS?	IB	36	1d
+190	Ideal College/Recruiting Timeline	JOB	40	4h
+184	The "Not So Obvious" things that get you a return offer?	IB	24	4d
+171	How to stop feeling like shit for not making it in IB?	IB	64	11h

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