Got job at a Private Equity Firm, no experience, what to do?

Hi everyone, so I just got an "Operations Associate" Position at a small private equity firm. It pays $46,000.

Now I am very grateful for this position, even though you all consider it shit . Mind you, I am a former part-time lab tech and tutor, so this is a step up .

Here's the thing: I have never taken a finance course and I don't know a thing about finance.

I don't even know what the fuck I'll be doing. I'm just now looking up the job title on Google.

My question is, what should I do to prepare for the position? It starts in a bit over a week.

I want to use this as a platform to jump to a better company.

Thank you all so much. Thanks a lot for the networking advise. To be honest, I came here to troll a bit, but I listened to all the advice here and networking like mad and now I managed to land a job.

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