Needless to say im not planning on doing B School and im unsure of such a quick exit (easy to say as an incoming summer analyst)
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At VP level, funds will find you too senior to accept an Associate position, but too inexpert in PE to offer you a VP job.
What I have seen is VPs at BB going to MM PE funds, getting experience there, and then lateraling to better funds. In my experience once you miss the associate via to a MF, it is very difficult to then jump directly into a MF.
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Don’t listen to BenBrian. If you recruit as an associate in banking (regardless of year) you will likely start as an associate 1 with the rest of the analysts that year. So any time as an associate is a waste until you get to VP. At that point credible funds won’t give you credit for being a in banking VP and you have to join a MM PE firm and lateral as the other guy said. In short, get a job on buyside before you become an associate at a bank.
This is not true. Maybe if you're 6mo into associate stint, but Associate 2 / 3 people leave for PE literally all the time and they do not lose seniority.
The only caveat is you lose the easy recruiting from analyst, and UMM/MF become way harder. But associate/senior associate doesn't close the door on PE and you're not becoming an associate 1 again lmao
Not true at all
Are you saying ASO3s are out there recruiting for PE and landing Sr. Associate positions? lmao
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