Ducera exits
Incoming SA at ducera. Interested in what recent exit opps for analysts look like given the rapid expansion of the firm
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2023 or 2024 SA?
Therapy, grief counseling, post-traumatic stress disorder, the world is your oyster.
What are the hours like as an analyst?
Idk
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Quick search on linkedin leads to some of the Top HF/Distressed credit funds. The firm is new so there's not much out there. They don't seem to exit to MF Buyout PE, not that it's not possible. But you'll have to create the path yourself.
They work on the same deals as PJT/HL/EVR/LAZ/MOE so wherever those groups place you Atleast have a shot at.
Not worth it. Sweatier than Nike sweatshops in Indonesia
To partly answer your question when it comes researching exit ops LinkedIn is your friend. However, you better bring a whole load of antiperspirant because Ducera is beyond a sweatshop. Everyone knows certain groups/banks are particularly sweaty but in all honesty my man Ducera take that to new levels. My theory is that they feel they can create this culture at the firm because they pride themselves on taking extremely dedicated and able non-targets/semi-targets who might have fallen through the cracks. Therefore, they assume you will be eternally grateful for the opportunity and sweat it out
Second this. It’s also weird that the ducera associate/director I met during coffee chats are nowhere to be found on brokercheck.
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Strange, noticed this as well. Is that legal not not be registered and still work in a broker dealer capacity?
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What do you know? Have you been studying for your “restructuring at accounting firms” roles?
Friend quit after 6 months couldn’t hack it, total sweatshop. On avg he was doing 90 a week
not OP but also incoming SA. I might be dumb to ask this question but is the 90 hrs spread across 5 days? or is it spread across 7 day span? if its 5 days holy fuck
5 days, if they had to work weekends it was around 110
Where did people leaving early go to?
My friend went to corporate development in FAANG, can’t speak for everyone else
Saw an analyst leave for Oaktree last year. I'd check Linkedin if I were you.
Good exits if you want to do credit or distressed, Oaktree, brigade, kings street, vista credit, Oak hill, and other good shops. Small sample but solid. Idk about buyout could be selection bias or lack of looks who knows. But not sure the quality of the exits is worth the work, especially if you stay for more than a year.
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Build rapport with the right MDs so they will take you when they eventually decide to leave for their own shop - like what Kramer did lol
heard from a former intern that cocaine usage is rampant at the office...
If given the choice to make ducera pay by sitting in state prison for a year or working at ducera (fully staffed up, multiple live deal), I'd choose prison. Not even a question in my mind
Let's say 700k as a sr associate.
Prison: get more sleep(8 hrs a night), more gym time, regular prepared meals, downtime to read and relax, easy job in the shop, more visits with family. Only cons are no sex with girls and potential rape (but at ducera not much time to meet girls anyways).
I know one kid who was at Ducera for 6 months, worked 110 hours a week consistently, then quit and went back to his old job. It’s that bad. They grind people to the absolute bone there. It’s one shop where the pay really is not worth it.
Is the pay that much better than the EBs?
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