PE Industry Prestige Tier

PE is in every industry vertical that exists. From someone with a general finance background who can still get into any industry vertical, what is the tier ranking of them (considering prestige for exit ops, comp, or even switching PE verticals after some experience (or is this impossible and you are always pigeon-holed into an industry)

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