I left IB for better WLB with a family and landed at a T2 strategy firm. I’m now at manager/project lead level. Every time I read about deals I am excited though.
I did some LMM European PE recruiting and made it deep but didn’t quite get there. Let’s say I stay another few years in strategy; pre-partner what are my options?
Value creation team?
Portco work?
I assume any IB/PE/etc. is dead and WLB with family would be tough
I guess maybe some corp dev
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