General advice on switching to commercial credit from investment consulting.

Hi all,

I have had a pretty diverse background this far, from pursuing engineering in college to retail brokerage out of college in both customer facing and back office functions. Currently I work for an investment consultant performing manager due diligence.

I really think that my preferred career path is corporate credit at this point. Eventually on the investment side, but I wouldn’t mind cutting my teeth in lev fin for a while. I really wanted to solicit opinions from people about making such a career change and how people have generally felt about their time in credit after leaving different areas and how they got there.

Feel free to PM me too. Open to all honest answers

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