Analyst at credit arm of MF (bx, kkr, carlyle) to l/s equity hedge fund?

Obviously unconventional, but do you think this is a possible transition? Alternatively, how difficult do you think it would be to go from an analyst in the credit division to an associate in the PE division at one of these firms after two years? thanks in advance for any insights

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Don't necessarily want to switch - currently a soph in college but accepted an offer in credit at a PE firm and basically just wondering what my options look like. Certainly plan on going into it fully expecting to stay inc credit, but was just curious about what other directions exist

 

Interviewed and got an offer at an MF Credit Fund for my junior year SA but decided to take a top IBD offer instead. Reasoning was that I wanted to do MF PE longterm and coming from credit would be more or less harder than coming from a top IB group.

I would say generally what I gathered from my interviews was that once you are in credit it can be somewhat difficult to leave. That being said, being at an MF fund for your junior year SA opens the door for FT recruiting if you realize credit is not your thing and you should be able to get interviews almost anywhere that has spots. 

 

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