Private Credit to Liquid Structured Credit?

Hi all,

I'm currently in a private structured credit seat (not DL, think more structured and asset-based) and looking to transition to a public/liquid structured credit seat. In my honest opinion, 80-90% of the work encompasses banking. It's one thing to not like the work, it's another thing to deal with the people/culture in conjunction. My passion has always been on getting into the public markets within the broader securitized products space, on a portfolio management track. Has anyone here made that jump? I'm curious how hours/comp/culture would compare to the private side (assuming same firm) at a large PE MF. (curious to how teams like Ares Alternative Credit, BX GSO, KKR Liquid Credit, Apollo Structured Credit). Feel free to dm me as well. Thanks.

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