How cooked is Portfolio Analysis
Chose a PAG opportunity for a large AM when I had another possible option with their credit research team; at the time I just went with PAG since it was more quantitative and pitched as "a fast / good way into a PM seat." For some reason I thought it was much more ideation-y than risk / portfolio attribution.
A good while after accepting the offer I'm now realizing that prospects in the role were much worse than I expected (hard to lateral into trading / HFs when you're doing risk), and that research analysts are typically more preferred for internal promotions to PM. Ironic that after doing so much DD for a variety of BS clubs, competitions, interviews etc I fail miserably at doing proper DD for the actual key choice I need to make for my career.
How cooked is this role? Is it possible to lateral out, and where do people usually go from portfolio analysis?
