Anyone done this as a fresh VP? At a “EB”, doing well, but want to stay in the industry long term and the lifestyle at my firm /peers is terrible. Toying with the idea of lateraling to a small shop with better lifestyle. Examples?
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The key question is will a downmarket firm actually have a better lifestyle?
I get wha you are saying - definitely a toss up and could be worse
Hang onto the EB comp as long as you can - then go downmarket, I’d imagine it’s very hard to go back up
Wise words thank you Kage
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