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+112	My girlfriend won’t let us rent out our home for my career	26	2d
+108	Is Joining PE still worth it?	48	1w
+106	Cognitive decline	33	1d
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+17	Five Arrows	24	8m
+11	Five Arrows NYC	14	18m
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+38	Those unemployed in PE 3+ months, how do you make progress every day?	14	35m
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+6	PE Recruiting: M&A vs Rx	2	7m
+62	2026 PE Associate Bonus Thread	80	3h
+13	Ranking new services PE firms	7	1m
+12	TPG London \| TPG Rise Climate	14	2m
+46	PE VP: Thoughts on Quitting with Nothing Lined Up?	19	5m
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+3	CPP Growth Equity	2	12h
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+320	2025 Year-End Net Worth Check-In	293	17h
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0	How to Understand Hybrid Solutions	1	17h
0	Citadel Associate Program Summer 2028 R1s	2	23h
0	Bain Capital interview	2	17h
+12	Is it possible to get no comments as an analyst?	3	19h
+6	Ariel Alternatives	5	1d
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+106	Cognitive decline	33	1d
+16	StepStone - Updated Views	10	23h
+20	Paper LBO	6	1d
+28	Anthropic IPO Wealth Creation	16	1d
+3	HIG model test on cycle 2027?	9	1d
+14	What is going on with StepStone?	12	1d
+31	QIA	11	1d
+3	WCAS Updated Views (2026)	3	1d
+12	co-investment / Allocator roles WLB	4	1d
+3	GPA for Opportunistic Credit On-Cycle	2	1d
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+112	My girlfriend won’t let us rent out our home for my career	26	2d
+31	Update on AEA?	27	2d
0	Ardian - Interview - NA	Data	2d
+8	Searchfund	5	3d
+8	New PE Associate - Basic Accounting Help	9	3d
0	Credit fund buying a greenhouse tomato business for $40,000,000?	1	3d
+54	Why are so many bankers exiting to tech?	24	3d
+10	Firm Culture in PE	4	3d
+88	Vibe-Working in Finance with AI ? What about you	34	3d
+6	Lone View Capital	2	3d
+9	IC memos	6	3d
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+48	PE in Australia	36	4d
+12	Indian PE Landscape	2	3d
+15	Rotunda Capital? Thoughts?	8	4d
+19	Recruitment - (Dodgy) European Headhunting Firms	10	4d
+10	How frequent do associates & above go from IB to PE?	6	4d
+76	First year PE analyst on medical leave after insane hours	20	4d
+17	TowerBrook NYC Insight?	45	4d
0	BX Credit Interview	4	4d
0	PE Behavioral Prep Resources	3	4d
0	KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Interview - Private Equity	Data	4d
0	PE Portfolio Company Insurance	1	4d
+3	Endeavour Capital 2026?	5	4d
+58	Is being an LP super chill?	30	4d
+43	Infra PE to Project M&A and Back - Risk of Getting Pigeonholed?	15	5d
+11	LMM Startup PE Fund Vs. Tier 2 Consulting Firm	3	5d
0	BainCap: LBO test and case studies \| prep together?	2	5d
+13	How Cooked is Software PE?	1	5d
+9	Sequence Holdings and the Dell family office are buying Baldwin Insurance Group at about $7.7B TEV. What does a family office add to a take-private?	2	5d
+49	Del	26	5d
0	StepStone Group - Interview - Private Equity	Data	6d
+9	Kanematsu agreed to pay 49.8B yen for IDAJ, a CAE software distributor. Is distribution of engineering software a good business to own?	1	6d
+1	Associate Bonus Predictions	3	6d
+35	PE Ops Or Investment Associate Role?	45	6d
+6	On-Cycle Questions	1	6d
+12	Mitsui Chemicals is paying USD 900M for Ultradent, about 29x operating profit by my math. Is that normal for dental materials?	3	6d
0	Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Infrastructure	Data	6d
+4	Apollo Thematic Investment Team	11	6d
0	Marsh and McLennan Companies - Interview - Generalist	Data	1w
+25	What do you think of PE Value Creation Careers in 2026?	8	6d
+9	PE secondaries case study interview	1	6d
+16	London PE recruiting	6	6d
+18	Acquisition Deal Structure: More Cash at Close vs. Smaller Equity Rollover in a Holdco	3	6d
+8	Bain Cap Double Impact - 2026 perspectives	9	1w
+10	Infra PE in SG	3	1w
+38	Any update on Vista FT Associate for 2027?	10	1w
+41	Dealing with Cold Seniors	23	1w
+54	LMM PE UK	44	1w
+30	Boston PE - top firms	29	1w
+13	Ancala Partners	9	1w
+32	How Do You Train PE Juniors When Banks Do All the Modelling?	14	1w
+13	Management consulting or munis?	6	1w
+108	Is Joining PE still worth it?	48	1w
+12	Thoma Bravo paid about $2.0B in cash for Olo. What makes restaurant software a good LBO candidate?	5	1w
+57	Should I Leave ~$280K Corp Dev for PE?	37	1w
+34	Searchlight Capital 2026	46	1w
+139	Pushed out of UMM PE into an operating role. Feel like I’m off the path. Where do I go from here?	56	1w

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