Lateral to MF vs Stay at Current MM?
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If your goal is to transition to HF, I think a MF will likely set you up better to make that transition.
I agree. If you wanted to stay in PE I’d have a different opinion, but if your goal is to leave the industry in 2-3 years then MF will set you up better for HF recruiting
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If Tiger cubs / activism is your end goal then branding becomes exponentially more important in this case. The tradeoff is you will have less time and work/life balance will suck big time but the brand name of a MF alone will get you looks at the majority of shops you'd like to recruit at.
Sorry not to hijack this thread but how were you able to lateral and go upstream? Generally thought its hard to do that
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kind of lame you just blew up a thread that could have been useful to other people
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