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+53	Im so grateful for my unknown, lower-pay LMM shop	9	10mo
+53	Free Cash Flow - Growth Capex?	19	2mo
+53	PE Employee Co-Invest Update	4	9mo
+53	THL Update 2025?	33	4mo
+53	Do you trust the people at your fund?	28	1mo
+52	Are you proud of your job in PE?	21	4mo
+52	Always be “nice” in IB / PE - or show you don’t get pushed around?	18	3mo
+51	Value Tech Investing Shops	27	10mo
+51	HIG?	38	5mo

+51	On Cycle Results	71	1mo
+51	Manage a difficult reference	21	4mo
+51	Anybody else scared for their job?	13	3mo
+51	What % of people entering PE ultimately make MD/Partner?	31	2d
+50	How can I tell my sister PE/IB is not more prestige than MBB?	26	8mo
+50	MF Summer Analyst roles, pros and cons?	20	6mo
+50	PE-Backed Corp Dev Comp Check	16	5mo
+49	if starting out now, are careers in PE now objectively worse than Law?	25	11mo
+49	Why are PE people treating bankers so much worse than consultants?	16	7mo
+49	Going back to PE after starting a business?	19	4mo
+49	Software loans?	7	3mo
+48	Prestige and risk	8	11mo
+48	Secondaries Outlook 2025	37	4mo
+48	How do you deal with being a PE failure going to LMM?	24	9mo
+48	Lender's Legal Fees Are Out Of Control (Proposed Solution)	23	3mo

+48	Predicted Net Worth in Trodden Finance Path by 60?	19	6h
+47	Are financial modelling skills overrated?	9	7mo
+47	How easy is Private Credit?	16	9mo
+47	Found a distressed manufacturing business to purchase for around 900K	20	9mo
+47	Fundless Sponsors	27	7mo
+47	How does HIG structure deals in unique ways?	16	6mo
+47	Software PE - deal count going forward?	17	3mo
+47	Got caught with a wrong number in an IC meeting because I trusted AI output.	13	1mo
+46	Best UMM Seats	11	10mo
+46	Ahead of my bonus, should I tell my boss that I plan to resign?	31	11mo
+46	Qatalyst IB vs. Warburg PE	24	1mo
+46	Wtf happens now? What are other VPs doing?	19	5mo
+46	Is it still worth to go from MBB to PE?	23	1mo
+46	Career dilemma >> LDN MM PE > NYC: Lateral here or MBA?	29	1mo
+45	Want to start a PE firm that automates manufacturers and warehouses	23	9mo
+45	H.I.G / Apax / Marlin Equity Partners	53	3mo
+45	Performative PE associate work hack	13	5mo
+45	Stonepeak paying out existing LPs	25	1mo
+45	Deteriorating Associate Quality?	18	1mo
+45	How to stay at the top of this game for life	19	4w
+44	Is $175-200k all in low for IR?	35	3w
+43	Promising AI Finance Start up Or Stay Put at my UMM	38	1mo
+43	Best Exits From Banking	12	1mo
+43	Which MFPE offer to accept	11	1mo
+43	First-Time PE Fund	20	1w
+42	Carlyle is now a middle market fund	26	7mo
+42	Next Step for PE Associate	17	2mo
+42	18 Months IB in London trying to move to PE	8	4w
+42	Biggest (avoidable) failures in PE Investments?	23	1d
+41	VP lateral or HBS / GSB	32	8mo
+41	Considering quitting - looking for some advice	39	7mo
+41	Partners Group - Buyout	36	5mo
+41	Concerned About Switch to PE	10	6mo
+41	MBB to PE advice (2025)	9	4mo
+41	Data on PE Firms With Growing Momentum	15	3mo
+41	MBB --> PE Advice	11	3mo
+40	Working hours in PE -- Is it structurally getting worse?	7	5mo
+40	Is pursuing an IR Associate role a good move?	42	11mo
+40	Is it possible for me to get back to Tech Buyout PE?	14	6mo
+40	What is the next hot space?	33	3mo
+40	Life as IB Analyst vs. PE Associate	12	2mo
+39	“PE” at a hedge fund?	15	2mo
+39	Should I take VC offer or retry for PE?	26	8mo
+39	Sign-on bonus negotiation	22	1mo
+39	Moving out of software PE	22	3mo
+39	PE fund differentiation	19	4mo
+39	Infrassocs? Real headhunters?	5	3mo
+39	Where are the high paying roles? Are they real?	26	2mo
+38	What are you doing post pe?	18	11mo
+38	TCV post-ZIRP - GE seats worth pursuing?	19	11mo
+38	PE Associate Bonus	66	3mo
+38	Chances of working finance in a portfolio company and moving up to the PE ranks?	32	8mo
+38	What is good in HC PE these days	24	4mo
+38	PE associate underperformer -> considering law for stability?	26	8mo
+38	PE Associate Exits	14	5mo
+38	My 2026 On-Cycle Experience	6	3mo
+38	KKR Scholars	46	5d
+38	UMM Off Cycle Help	20	1mo
+38	2027 Analyst Cycle	16	1d
+38	Best associate I've worked with is leaving for PE, want to do something for him, no idea what	15	1d
+38	Why is ROIC never really a topic when looking at companies IRL	11	3d
+37	No PE Offer (2026)	19	9mo
+37	Great Point on PE Landscape Today	10	5mo
+37	Wardrobe Investment Guide for IB and PE	2	2mo
+37	what to do if you strike out at more than 3 funds?	32	4mo
+37	Future of Software Investing / PE	15	4mo
+37	What returns are you underwriting?	14	2mo
+37	Advice Needed: Reneging 2 Months Before Start	12	1mo
+37	(Exploding offers) - Dumb to pass on UMM for LMM Sr. Associate + Quicker Promote?	27	3w
+37	Comp Decreasing?	10	3d
+36	JPM Double Standard	12	11mo
+36	AMA: Senior Analyst in a top-tier European Mid-Cap PE fund	13	8mo
+36	Who becomes VP+ at MF?	26	5mo
+36	Lateraling to First Time Funds and LMM Firms as an Aso 2	6	4mo
+36	D1, Altimeter, Dragoneer, Addition (privates)	30	1mo
+36	PE Exit Opps at VP vs Senior Associate	9	4mo

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