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+45	Moving from direct to co investing	47	1y
+45	Tips for Speaking up More in Meetings	12	4y
+45	HPS Updated Comp	58	2y
+45	VP appreciation thread	11	4y
+45	When the tide goes out... are PE funds in trouble?	14	3y
+45	Why do PE firms hire banks for M&A transactions and not advise themselves?	10	3y
+45	Cove Hill Partners WLB/Comp?	49	7mo
+45	Modeling minority investments	9	3mo
+45	I can't handle Canada anymore	21	3y

+45	How exactly should I prep for on-cycle?	15	3y
+45	Skills you learned in PE	9	3y
+45	Do any of y’all actual share your honest thoughts with your bosses?	24	3y
+45	Sabbatical after PE	12	3y
+45	How do you start the type of businesses PE buys? (boring niche businesses)	39	1y
+45	Ares Secondary Analyst Comp & Attraction	39	1y
+45	Leaving PE After 1 Year	11	2y
+45	Updated Views On Apax Partners (2024)	60	11mo
+45	Madison Dearborn (CHI) vs HIG Advantage (SF) vs GI Partners (SF)	13	8mo
+45	Where is there untapped value in secondaries?	25	1y
+45	I discovered my personal boundaries	21	2y
+45	Compilation of "IB/PE is bad" posts	15	1y
+45	Clearlake 2024 Update	25	5mo
+45	Where did your most competent associates come from?	23	1y
+45	Edit	18	1y

+45	Top PE Secondaries Firms?	39	9mo
+45	Start up PE Fund - Worth the risk or screwing myself?	11	1y
+45	Oh, The Irony...	2	1y
+45	How do you survive the tough weeks?	13	1y
+45	Want to start a PE firm that automates manufacturers and warehouses	23	11mo
+45	Performative PE associate work hack	13	8mo
+45	Deteriorating Associate Quality?	18	3mo
+45	How to stay at the top of this game for life	19	3mo
+45	Clearlake raises a $14.8B fund	28	2mo
+44	Valuing a Seed Investment	16	15y
+44	How do Mezz funds make $$$?	19	15y
+44	Is PE the best job in the world?	29	6y
+44	Nebulous Capital Partners LLC, or "is this a real company"	17	13y
+44	Geithner to Join Warburg Pincus. Thoughts?	15	6y
+44	My Experience Leaving the Buyside	7	12y
+44	Underpaid at Start Up PE Fund?	17	12y
+44	A Tale of 3 Offers: What should I consider?	12	6y
+44	PE firms with Analyst programs	45	4y
+44	Cash on Balance Sheet after an LBO	15	4y
+44	Megafund Interview Prep	30	6y
+44	Resignation by the end of probation period (PE job)	11	4y
+44	PE Deal Sourcing Comp / Lifestyle	14	3y
+44	Specialties among Megafunds	15	7y
+44	Criteria for funds to be considered MF, as opposed to MM	36	3y
+44	Is Audit the worst??	26	7y
+44	What are board meetings like?	15	4y
+44	Workplan for PE studying	10	4y
+44	Brand Name or Great References - What Matters Most?	16	7y
+44	Special Situations - Oaktree	19	5y
+44	Graduating early - worth it or not?	28	4y
+44	Question on legal aspects of a deal?	13	6y
+44	Private Credit/DL --> IB --> PE	41	4y
+44	Is it a waste of time to go into the office early?	14	6y
+44	Megafund Infrastructure PE?	19	1y
+44	Apollo FIG PE	23	2y
+44	MF PE recruiting for junior summer	16	4y
+44	Growth PE Comp Progression	24	7mo
+44	Senior Associate Comp Benchmarks	35	4y
+44	Seeking advice - Decade of experience in niche sector and laid off	7	4y
+44	Questioning Start-Up PE Buyout Firm	10	2y
+44	Why do top VC firms and Hedge Funds hire so frequently from MFPE?	17	4y
+44	PE Co-Investment Associate - Is it Back-Office?	16	3y
+44	Drafting docs?	17	3y
+44	Dealing with an aggressive headhunter	16	3y
+44	How Many Processes Did it Take You to Get a Buyside Offer? Keep Striking Out…	28	1y
+44	Benchmarking MF PE Associate Salaries	84	2y
+44	2023-24 PE London Thread	235	1y
+44	What's your ranking of buyside careers on a risk, stress, time adjusted basis?	16	2y
+44	The move from Pantheon to TPG Secondaries	49	11mo
+44	How does post MBA PE recruiting differ?	37	2y
+44	Sr. ASO level - struggling MF or great-returning UMM?	33	2y
+44	IR Comp and Bonus Check	55	9mo
+44	MF PE Analyst Programs Ranked	35	2y
+44	Signed PE, is it worth "trying" in banking?	25	2y
+44	Clearlake CV…..Again	40	1y
+44	MM PE to Top VC Decision	13	9mo
+44	reading through CIMs sucks, they make no sense	7	1y
+44	Where is the ‘easy money’ today / tomorrow?	35	1y
+44	PE firms with good cultures	17	1y
+44	comp after 2 + 2	35	11mo
+44	Garnett Station Partners??	19	2mo
+44	Who hasn’t exited PE	39	1y
+44	Realistic odds for PE out of UG	26	1y
+44	Do people get let go before the end of their programs ?	15	2mo
+44	Is $175-200k all in low for IR?	35	3mo
+44	MBB to PE advice (2025)	10	1mo
+43	Some notes from a few weeks in Mid-Market PE	28	11y
+43	PE Interview Case Studies	44	3y
+43	PE/LBO Model request - (Upcoming interview!) Included an example question on dividend recap that needs an answer	33	10y
+43	The end of the track	21	14y
+43	Deal experience for resume	21	9y
+43	IB Lateralling	38	12y
+43	Private Equity - Operating Side	32	12y
+43	Interview with a Mid Level PE Firm for an Analyst Position	26	11y
+43	Bombed a PE Modelling Test - Should message the interviewers explaining myself?	20	4y
+43	Where do best Wharton undergraduates go immediately after graduation?	28	4y

+359	Return Rates For Interns Are Falling?	IB	149	5d
+308	Investment Banks Ranked By Your Divorced Blue Collared Uncle	IB	28	1d
+270	Why UBS Is the Worst Place to Start Your IB Career	IB	45	1w
+252	Downfall of Qatalyst	IB	52	2d
+245	UBS 2nd Year Analyst Q&A (2026)	IB	55	1w
+242	Work life balance = highly overrated	IB	72	10h
+214	Evercore > Goldman and I don’t think it’s particularly close anymore	IB	83	1w
+210	Santander IB?	IB	10	2w
+209	girl who rejected/ghosted me messaged asking for IBD job	IB	61	2h
+176	Think Twice before Recruiting for HOUSTON IB!!	IB	73	2d

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