HF to PE?
Reposting here because it's more active
I'm currently an analyst at a pretty decent sized and well known hedge fund after spending a few years doing BB IBD. It's only been a month or so, but I honestly can't see myself enjoying staying here any longer. I originally wanted to do PE, but got this offer early and the process and ended up taking it and am regretting my decision.
At this point what would y'all recommend I do? I see my options as 1) Gritting through the next two years and trying to make the shift post-MBA, 2) attempting to lateral after a year or so and 3) attempting to lateral now. Obviously there are issues with all of these. In case 1, there's more of a chance that I get pigeon-holed, I have to stick around in a job I don't like (impacting performance), and it'll be harder to get into a H/S b school vs from PE. Case 2 seems ideal, but once again I'll be spending more time here than I want to and, if I spend 2 years in PE before going to b school my GMAT will have expired and I'll have to retake it. Case 3 will basically let me follow the traditional PE path but I'll have a lot of explaining to do both while recruiting and down the line.
Anyone else have experience with something like this?
