Curious to hear some experienced professionals' take on why they're in the RX industry. Already have an offer at EB boutique for RX '23, so not just trying to steal an answer lmfao. Any particular reasons that drew you to RX over M&A and why you stuck out RX for long-run? Would also enjoy hearing from fellow juniors why they chose to endure the technical grind for RX.
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Because it’s fucking sick
Maybe my answer is not what you are looking for given I’m a generalist but I had the opportunity to work on a restructuring transaction and I absolutely loved it for the below reasons:
To note I’m not very experienced in restructuring, but from my limited exposure it was great
Most RX assignments involve a zero sum game, you witness human nature at its lowest and finest
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