+71 Specialty Lending (GS/TPG) - Any insights? 14 4y
+71 Long-term PE - Lifestyle 29 3y
+71 value of CFA®for private equity job 51 13y
+71 World's Best PE Recruiter Database 31 3y
+70 On Cycle 2025 Advice 10 8mo
+70 GP Commit - Warehoused Deals - Raising Fund 1 27 1y
+70 Special Situations Groups 70 7mo
+70 Senior Associate and Vice President laterals - how do you want to be managed? 19 1y
+70 Fastest growing area of private investing? 36 3y
+70 Introvert, currently in PE and miserable.... 10 3y
+70 How much scale can a small PE firm reasonably expect? 19 3y
+70 Taking the plunge.. from New Zealand 22 1y
+70 Tactical Opportunities Blackstone First Round Interview 27 2y
+70 What is the point of doing private equity if you will be pushed out after two years to get an MBA? 13 6y
+70 Why are PE Funds much larger than Hedge Funds? 13 6y
+70 Quality of talent at Megafunds? 28 8y
+70 What do discuss during coffee/lunch meetings? 63 3y
+70 Leaving your PE firm 49 11y
+69 Delayed promotion, what to do 34 2w
+69 PE Ranking - Europe 60 2mo
+69 How late do you work? 73 1y
+69 What’s the deal with Investor Relations? 34 4mo
+69 Carry gone? 39 1y
+69 Why do Top PE analysts / associates go to Tiger Cubs? 35 2y
+69 Family Offices 14 2w
+69 How to break into PE Portfolio Operations from Consulting? 20 2y
+69 Sports Private Equity 25 3y
+69 Third Year MM PE Associate Taking Questions 28 3y
+69 What is Canada comp like? 40 3y
+69 Arguing for bigger bonus? 24 7y
+69 Industry choice 104 8y
+69 Q&A: Sr. Associate at a CVC fund 24 9y
+69 MM to PE - the impossible; thoughts? 64 3y
+68 Best perks and nicest offices? 51 2mo
+68 Is Apollo that bad? 50 2mo
+68 How to Retain Unvested Carry when Leaving Firm 20 3y
+68 Successful Senior PE Guy: Net Worth 28 4mo
+68 Value Buy-out vs Growth Buy-out Discussion from Associate Perspective 16 3y
+68 Family Office Database List 16 11mo
+67 Another career-crisis / passion vs career post! 23 7mo
+67 Actually Realizing Carry (PE) 35 2w
+67 Struggling to Move Back to Investing Side 26 1y
+67 MBB NYC vs MF PE 35 6mo
+67 Is it dumb to exit to LMM PE rather than starting in bigger (MF/UMM) opportunities first? 35 2y
+67 Bain Captial FT Analyst Program 127 3y
+67 Career Move - Corp to PE/HF in "late" life stage 13 1y
+66 Associates who have realized PE is not the promised land, what's next? 45 1mo
+66 At what point is an analyst PE program better than IB? 13 5mo
+66 Has PE been good for you / better than IB? 27 4mo
+66 Grad degrees = straight liabilities 20 9mo
+66 Thoughts on Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP)? 19 7mo
+66 Chicago PE firms (comprehensive list and tiers) 62 4mo
+66 Best bang for your buck post-MBA roles (culture to comp ratio) 18 1y
+66 Post-Associate Stint Comp Expectations 58 4mo
+66 36 2y
+66 What's Wrong with Warburg Industrial & Business Services? 52 1y
+66 Private Credit/Debt/DL Comp Variation 41 4mo
+66 Warburg Pincus Reputation Amongst Megafunds 30 8mo
+66 [Experience] Road to PE - Investment Analyst in a MegaFund 20 3y
+66 How to Approach Proprietary Deal Idea 19 4y
+66 SoftBank Vision Fund / GIC / Temasek 22 3y
+66 Does GPA matter for Private Equity? 24 1y
+66 How to transition from Technology Consulting at a Tier 2 into MM Private Equity? 22 6y
+66 Am I getting hosed on PE associate comp? 28 3y
+65 Moving internally at MF 38 5mo
+65 Moving to Paris 61 8mo
+65 Been pushed out / fired from job 24 2y
+65 Q&A: Non-Target -> BB ER -> BB IB -> MM PE 15 2y
+65 Is PE a dead end? 38 2y
+65 OfficeHours Coaching Platform 21 1y
+65 Distressed vs. Traditional Buyout 22 3y
+65 LBO modeling for software companies 24 4y
+65 Thoughts on LMM Fund in Small City 18 3y
+65 "Operationally-Focused" PE Associate Roles - Marketing Chimera or Great Opportunity? 12 7y
+65 Re - Lifestyle in Private Equity (lower mid to mid market space) 6 3y
+65 Starting in MM PE soon 49 3y
+64 Straight to PE vs doing 1-2 years of IB First 24 4mo
+64 Months in and already burned out 18 5mo
+64 Warburg returns? 16 7mo
+64 Opinion: Watches in Finance 51 10mo
+64 Anybody have a minority growth equity model example / test? Interviewing soon 197 8mo
+64 Moved to Different City for PE 22 1y
+64 2022/23 Associate Compensation (All) 121 11mo
+64 Top Growth firms comp out of undergrad 66 2y
+64 Where do the 'bodies' of PE go? 43 1y
+64 Best PE Firms to Work For? (Associate Level) 50 1y
+64 Q&A: Megafund Asia Private Equity 20 4y
+64 Is BCG a viable path to Private Equity? 16 2y
+64 Why don't more operators go into PE? 20 5y
+64 Distressed / Spec Sits vs Regular PE 20 4y
+64 Private Equity firms that recruit undergrads? 50 3y
+64 How are LBOs for companies trading at 30X EBITDA financed? 27 1y
+64 Does PE bankrupt companies?--Romney/Bain 41 4y
+64 FCF - Term Loan A vs Term Loan B 51 3y
+63 Videogame Studios - What Do the #s Look Like? 22 5mo
+63 PE IR "growing"? 32 4mo
+63 Firing associates 43 1y
+63 PE funds with best cultures? 35 1y
+63 What does the Private Equity environment of Dallas look like? 27 1w
+63 Dealing with assholes 19 3y

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