How is your HF experience going?

I've been looking through WSO at comp posts, WLB posts and so forth... often times comments are summarized as "it depends" and most comments aren't really that useful because perhaps often the wrong questions are asked.

I would really appreciate if some of you could just share your specific experience: Comp, WLB, What did you work on this week? I would love to just hear your story. Even something random like your favorite pizza place in NYC would be fun to read.

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