let's say i'm the god's gift to banking and i can chart any course i want. . . what's the best for my despicable horrible self?

where is it better to go?

ib m&a or p.e. m&a

is it better to

be a dead person for a few years

in IB standard m&a

or

is it better to be

cryogenically frozen in a bulbous pe shop m&a recaps carve outs

while also being kind of dead for a few years

so i can meet some horrible monsters and

be schwarzman 2.0

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