How hot was the lateral market in 2021?

Trying to lateral to a different bank or even a different group seems pretty tough right now.

I heard a story of a guy who had recently graduated from Baptist College of Florida and was doing corp dev at First Bank of Texas. He was able to lateral to GS TMT in 2021. He then recruited and landed a PE role at KKR. He's a partner now and leads North America PE at KKR. Hearing stories like these just makes me feel like I missed out since I was a college senior in 2021. Now I'm stuck in a group I absolutely hate and having a tough time trying to lateral/move to a new group.

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