Obviously team/culture/interest dependent, but wondering what the rough 'ranking' of hours is in general across private equity strategies at the junior level.
From what I've heard on average (rough order from least to most):
50 hours ---
Secondaries
VC
65 hours ---
Credit
Growth
Real Estate
80 hours ---
Infrastructure
Corporate
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| +48 | Why would anyone do PE in long term in 2026? | 13 | 1d |
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| +25 | Is This Normal in LLM PE | 10 | 5d |
| +24 | Q&A: What It’s Actually Like Working at an Independent (Fundless) Sponsor | 4 | 2d |
| +21 | UMM PE or High Paying Strat Finance? | 13 | 21h |
| +21 | Striking out in last rounds | 2 | 4d |
| +15 | Overwhelmed by amount of data / granularity | 3 | 2d |
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Secondaries is def in the 65+ category
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