Hi all,
I recently accepted an offer from a MF PE shop to join their London office. I'm working in consulting, and I won't start until July of next year so I'll have plenty of time between now and then to physically, psychologically, and intellectually prepare myself for the job.
I want to invest in myself before I start, developing the right skills, habits, traits and mindset that will allow me to be successful on the job and in life.
With that in mind, I wanted to canvas this forum's thoughts to get advice on the best ways to use that time. This could include things like:
- Travel (full disclosure: I plan to resign in April and take 3 months to travel extensively in South America)
- Books to read or podcasts to listen to (PE / investing-related, or otherwise)
- Online classes / courses
- Career planning
- Meditation
- Exercise
- Take the GMAT / research B-schools
- Networking
- Anything else I'm not thinking about
Finally, before someone says it, I'm not going to base my life plan, or even the next 8 months, entirely on the advice of WSO. However, I think this forum is full of relatively motivated and successful people who are at various stages on a track I'd like to go down, and I'm keen to canvas opinions here to inform my approach.
Thanks in advance for the input!
Bump, interested in what other people have to say as well.
Also interested in this - will be making the move soon. Info / advice on how to best jump into the associate role would also be appreciated
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