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You do it for a couple of years and then jump to another seat - as far as I know there's not really a pathway to an Analyst seat through internal promotion. If you're coming from the sell side at 1-2 years of experience (which seems to be the sweet spot) it'll most likely be a pay cut but it can be a great springboard for finding a good long term seat on the buyside

I think they changed the structure recently though so you're working as part of a centralised 'pool' of associates rather than working for a specific Analyst or PM, which might make it less good as a learning opportunity. 

 

That was the right ballpark a couple of years ago when I was looking at making the sell-side to buy-side jump. It may have changed a bit since then.

As a shop it has an extremely good reputation, and if you get an Analyst seat (generally a post-MBA role or filled by ex sell side sector analysts with >10 years of experience) you stay for life. The Associate program is very much a "2 and out" type role, but it will open a lot of doors elsewhere (our last hire was from the Capital associate program and candidates with it on their CV always get an interview with us) given the strong preference a lot of LO / HFs have for buy side experience.

 

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