The company you keep: A world without exit ops

So forgive me if this turns into one of "those" threads, but I was a bit curious about something...

Everyone on this board seems obsessed with the "exit ops" from whatever job they get out of undergrad. But what if that weren't an option? Not saying you have to be a lifer at whatever firm you go to, but what if you had to stay at your straight-out-of-undergrad firm for at least 10-15 years? Where would you pick to build a career?

Assume you are starting at the bottom, but you'll go through the usual promotions; you can leave for an MBA, but you have to come back to the same group. Feel free to pick jobs that are difficult to get, but make sure they are things that someone could reasonably aspire to get out of undergrad (i.e., they take at least a couple undergrads every year).

I bring this up mainly because the "exit op" way of looking at life seems like it could result in wishing your life away waiting for the (supposedly) bigger and better things around the corner. There's something to be said for finding a job/company you like and sticking with it for years.

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whateverittakes:
Knowing that one's analyst years in banking are the hell typically required to get into PE would motivate me to get there.

Umm, I think you're missing the point... this thread is about a job you would take that you WOULDN'T just view as the hell you have to go through to reach the next level. The hope is you can find something that you would enjoy doing from when you were 22 until your mid-late 30s.

whateverittakes:
It would still be PE at a top MM firm. I have no megafund aspirations. Knowing that one's analyst years in banking are the hell typically required to get into PE would motivate me to get there.

Umm, I think you're missing the point... this thread is about a job you would take that you WOULDN'T just view as the hell you have to go through to reach the next level. The hope is you can find something that you would enjoy doing from when you were 22 until your mid-late 30s.

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