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+45	Thoughts on Insight Partners	21	3y
+45	Buying a business vs. PE	30	4y
+45	Private Equity vs Consulting?	25	5y
+45	Deteriorating Associate Quality?	18	6mo
+45	Oncycle PE Recruiting Schedule - 2020 Class	23	7y
+45	CVC Capital Partners case study - Investment team	10	4y
+45	Why do PE firms hire banks for M&A transactions and not advise themselves?	10	4y
+45	What do you do if you want to stay in PE after your 2-year associate program, but don't want to go to B-school?	36	9y
+45	How to stay at the top of this game for life	19	6mo

+45	Working Capital considerations in LBO	10	6y
+45	Leaving IB early after accepting PE offer	22	9y
+45	Leaving PE After 1 Year	11	2y
+45	Chances for top PE gig are better coming from M/B/B	31	6y
+45	Thoughts on TPG Sixth Street Partners	39	5y
+45	How do you model an earn-out in an LBO model?	34	1y
+45	VP appreciation thread	11	4y
+45	Worst Secondary Fund?	50	3y
+45	Sabbatical after PE	12	3y
+45	Want to start a PE firm that automates manufacturers and warehouses	23	1y
+45	I can't handle Canada anymore	21	3y
+45	Updated Views On Apax Partners (2024)	60	1y
+45	Where did your most competent associates come from?	23	1y
+45	How exactly should I prep for on-cycle?	15	3y
+45	CD&R PE	13	4y

+45	Clearlake 2024 Update	25	7mo
+45	Oh, The Irony...	2	1y
+45	Thoughts on ESG/SRI/Impact Investing	8	4y
+45	Abu Dhabi, pros and cons?	48	4y
+45	Start up PE Fund - Worth the risk or screwing myself?	11	1y
+45	PE Interview Question: What is the most important piece of information about a company (if you had to select one thing)?	20	4y
+45	Instructions lacking clarity	7	8y
+45	$2,000 for any referral to The Talent Oasis	2	7y
+45	Compilation of "IB/PE is bad" posts	15	2y
+45	Deciding between staying at small growth fund or take MM IB job for PE recruitment (post IB layoff)?	19	3y
+45	Tips for Speaking up More in Meetings	12	4y
+45	Struggling PE Analyst	18	4y
+45	Top PE Secondaries Firms?	39	1y
+45	Do any of y’all actual share your honest thoughts with your bosses?	24	3y
+45	Apollo LA	15	3y
+45	Moving from direct to co investing	47	1y
+45	Why do PE firms like theme parks?	10	7y
+45	How do you start the type of businesses PE buys? (boring niche businesses)	39	1y
+45	PE Firms w/ Dog Friendly Offices	10	6y
+45	Madison Dearborn (CHI) vs HIG Advantage (SF) vs GI Partners (SF)	13	11mo
+45	Performative PE associate work hack	13	11mo
+45	ADHD and notetaking (calls and IC minutes)	13	6y
+45	I discovered my personal boundaries	21	2y
+45	Lifestyle at LMM PE	13	6y
+45	Moving to Canada for a PE job?	28	5y
+45	PE Exit Opps at VP vs Senior Associate	12	1mo
+45	How do you survive the tough weeks?	13	1y
+45	How much have you saved? How much do you spend each year?	51	4y
+45	Summer - BX RE vs. Top3 BB IBD	34	3y
+45	Modeling minority investments	9	5mo
+45	Where is there untapped value in secondaries?	25	1y
+45	Thoughts on Unique PE Interview Question	12	8y
+45	Scaling a PE Firm/Growing Your Investment Team?	17	6y
+45	PE recruiting from a small, global boutique	20	5y
+44	Questioning Start-Up PE Buyout Firm	10	2y
+44	Dealing with an aggressive headhunter	16	3y
+44	How do Mezz funds make $$$?	19	15y
+44	Valuing a Seed Investment	16	15y
+44	Realistic odds for PE out of UG	26	1y
+44	PE partners keep telling me I’ll “get rich” if I’m patient. Am I being naive?	12	2mo
+44	MM PE to Top VC Decision	13	11mo
+44	Special Situations - Oaktree	19	5y
+44	My Experience Leaving the Buyside	7	12y
+44	Underpaid at Start Up PE Fund?	17	12y
+44	Megafund Interview Prep	30	6y
+44	MBB to PE advice (2025)	10	3mo
+44	MF PE recruiting for junior summer	16	5y
+44	Where is the ‘easy money’ today / tomorrow?	35	1y
+44	Megafund Infrastructure PE?	19	1y
+44	Seeking advice - Decade of experience in niche sector and laid off	7	4y
+44	Growth PE Comp Progression	24	10mo
+44	Is it a waste of time to go into the office early?	14	6y
+44	Workplan for PE studying	10	4y
+44	Promising AI Finance Start up Or Stay Put at my UMM	37	2mo
+44	Who hasn’t exited PE	39	1y
+44	Do people get let go before the end of their programs ?	15	5mo
+44	Thinking through tech investing: early growth vs. growth vs. buyout	19	2mo
+44	Signed PE, is it worth "trying" in banking?	25	2y
+44	PE firms with Analyst programs	45	4y
+44	Resignation by the end of probation period (PE job)	11	4y
+44	Private Credit/DL --> IB --> PE	41	4y
+44	Apollo FIG PE	23	3y
+44	Cash on Balance Sheet after an LBO	15	4y
+44	Question on legal aspects of a deal?	13	6y
+44	PE firms with good cultures	17	1y
+44	PE Deal Sourcing Comp / Lifestyle	14	4y
+44	Sr. ASO level - struggling MF or great-returning UMM?	33	2y
+44	Benchmarking MF PE Associate Salaries	84	2y
+44	reading through CIMs sucks, they make no sense	7	2y
+44	Graduating early - worth it or not?	28	5y
+44	Is Audit the worst??	26	8y
+44	Geithner to Join Warburg Pincus. Thoughts?	15	6y
+44	2023-24 PE London Thread	235	2y
+44	Is PE the best job in the world?	29	6y
+44	comp after 2 + 2	35	1y
+44	MF PE Analyst Programs Ranked	35	2y

+441	Is UBS really that bad?	IB	81	1w
+327	Which Offer to Accept: UBS Analyst Role or Part Time Cashier at the Local Taco Bell	IB	41	4h
+311	UBS Tech layoff	IB	84	13m
+274	Earliest you can get fired	IB	60	2d
+273	Analyst: Why is UBS IB doing worse than peers?, UBS CFO: No Comment	IB	45	8h
+264	Investment Banking is Divine	IB	45	4h
+257	Are target prospects getting dumber?	IB	64	21h
+256	Career Crossroads	IB	34	4h
+254	UBS’s M&A BANKERS ARE DOING TERRIBLY. $200M EXTRA IS BEING CUT	IB	50	2d
+251	Another $115bn Mega deal for these banks. Congrats!	IB	52	18h

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