+112 My girlfriend won’t let us rent out our home for my career 26 2d
+109 Cognitive decline 33 1d
+108 Is Joining PE still worth it? 48 1w
+88 Vibe-Working in Finance with AI ? What about you 34 3d
+76 First year PE analyst on medical leave after insane hours 20 4d
+62 Take the Layoff or Quit? 21 1w
+58 Is being an LP super chill? 30 5d
+54 Why are so many bankers exiting to tech? 24 3d
+49 Del 26 6d
+46 PE VP: Thoughts on Quitting with Nothing Lined Up? 19 3h
+45 PE downturn- Impact on a PortCo CFO / Operating Partner 9 1w
+41 Dealing with Cold Seniors 23 1w
+40 Fund going shit but happy with life what to do? 10 2w
+38 Those unemployed in PE 3+ months, how do you make progress every day? 14 3h
+38 Any update on Vista FT Associate for 2027? 10 1w
+34 PE PortCo Work 18 2w
+32 How Do You Train PE Juniors When Banks Do All the Modelling? 14 1w
+29 Negotiating title for VP role? 21 3w
+28 Anthropic IPO Wealth Creation 16 1d
+24 Rugpulled on Sr. ASO promote - how to fill a year (or two) before B school? 7 2w
+22 Vector Capital 2026 Updated Views 7 1w
+21 How to explain short stint on resume 3 3w
+21 How do PE funds choose their advisors? 9 2d
+20 Business class flight tickets standard? 14 3w
+20 Paper LBO 6 1d
+20 Tier 4-5 City - Go to work for micro PE? 3 1w
+19 On-Cycle Getting Pushed? 8 2w
+19 Career in PCA: GP-Led or LP-Led? 6 1w
+18 Acquisition Deal Structure: More Cash at Close vs. Smaller Equity Rollover in a Holdco 3 1w
+17 Being honest in Interviews? 1 1mo
+17 What’s one number you wish sellers disclosed before you spent time on a deal? 3 3w
+17 Practical uses of of AI in PE 2 2w
+17 PE on cycle guide 3 1w
+17 Is buyside worth it if most associate programs are 2 and out? 4 1w
+16 Those who exited PE, When did you know it was time? 6 2w
+16 StepStone - Updated Views 10 1d
+15 1yr M&A to FoFs/Growth Equity 1 2w
+14 Do sponsors prefer bullet financing or amortizing debt structures in LBOs? 10 2w
+14 Being on really good MM deals. Question 9 3w
+14 Case Study - HELP! 4 2w
+14 Bristan sold for c.£49M cash plus up to £6M earn-out on £63M revenue. How would you think about that price? 3 1w
+13 Are industry conferences worth it for proprietary deal sourcing? 4 3w
+13 What is going on with StepStone? 12 1d
+13 Almost half of Illinois PTs in group practice now work for a platform. What's left for roll-ups? 2 2w
+13 How do you compare LMM deal prices when seller notes and earnouts are involved? 5 1w
+13 Management consulting or munis? 6 1w
+13 How Cooked is Software PE? 1 5d
+12 Is it possible to get no comments as an analyst? 3 1d
+12 Thoma Bravo paid about $2.0B in cash for Olo. What makes restaurant software a good LBO candidate? 5 1w
+12 Mitsui Chemicals is paying USD 900M for Ultradent, about 29x operating profit by my math. Is that normal for dental materials? 3 6d
+12 co-investment / Allocator roles WLB 4 1d
+12 Indian PE Landscape 2 4d
+11 LMM Startup PE Fund Vs. Tier 2 Consulting Firm 3 5d
+10 Ability to switch IB or PE after 1 year of biglaw transactional? 3 2w
+10 Infra PE in SG 3 1w
+10 Firm Culture in PE 4 3d
+10 How frequent do associates & above go from IB to PE? 6 4d
+9 Arcline thoughts? 7 1d
+9 Broaden CV, or stay at my job? 1 3w
+9 PE job security 6 3w
+9 PE -> Sales/Entrepreneurship? 3 2w
+9 JPM PB to Institutional Capital Raising 1 4d
+9 What Actually Moves a Stalled Acquisition Deal Forward? 1 2w
+9 What AI tools would you push your PL to adopt on a live project? 1 1w
+9 PE vs privates at HF 1 1w
+9 Apogee paid about EUR 62.5M plus up to EUR 10M contingent for a 20-year-old Latvian glass coatings maker. How do you count the earn-out? 1 1w
+9 IC memos 6 4d
+9 PE secondaries case study interview 1 1w
+9 Sequence Holdings and the Dell family office are buying Baldwin Insurance Group at about $7.7B TEV. What does a family office add to a take-private? 2 6d
+9 Kanematsu agreed to pay 49.8B yen for IDAJ, a CAE software distributor. Is distribution of engineering software a good business to own? 1 6d
+8 How to prep for PE interviews from MBB? 6 4w
+8 Pitch in coffee chat or better to stay concise? 4 2w
+8 What’s going on at Partners Group? 4 1w
+8 Searchfund 5 3d
+7 What’s going on with TA Associates Consumer team? 8 1w
+7 Bombed HH LBO Test 3 3w
+7 What Do Investors Scrutinize Most When Evaluating an Acquisition? 2 2w
+6 Megafund Special Sits Groups? 3 4w
+6 What’s going on with Partners Group? 1 3w
+6 Moelis PCA Secondaries SA27’ 4 1w
+6 BCI PE Associate 1 2w
+6 How are you underwriting add-on multiples in lower middle market deals right now? 1 2w
+6 New here, built a deal tracker, want to know what's missing 1 2w
+6 TA Associates Interview Process 9 1w
+6 Timeline until offer letter? 1 2w
+6 Thoughts on Waud Capital? 2 20h
+6 On-Cycle Timeline (AN1s)? 4 1w
+6 Independent sponsor route while banking 1 1w
+6 PE Recruiting: M&A vs Rx 3 22m
+6 On-Cycle Questions 1 6d
+5 Headhunters for Family Office roles? 5 2w
+5 Partners Group - Updated Views 2 2w
+5 Top Single Managers 2026 13 1w
+5 Portco V New Deal 3 2w
+4 HSP LBO Assessment 4 3w
+4 Post-MBA VP Recruiting Timeline 1 3w
+3 Sageview - going under? 1 3w
+3 Blue Owl Sophomore SA 7 3w
+3 CPP Growth Equity 2 10h
+3 Secondaries at consultant platform --> MF secondaries arm? 1 3w

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