+39 How to Deal With Getting Layered 10 3y
+39 Average LMM/MM PE Partner income vs IB? 24 1y
+39 Goldcoast sucks 14 2y
+39 Blackstone Tac Opps 27 7y
+39 Wellington WLB and Comp Progression vs MF PE 37 3y
+38 TQQQ and Inflation 18 4y
+38 Why are valuations still so high??? 9 6y
+38 Private Equity Reference Check 14 2y
+38 Why aren't PE lenders more predatory? 13 16y
+38 Chances of working finance in a portfolio company and moving up to the PE ranks? 31 1y
+38 Apollo NYC vs. Apollo LA 26 2y
+38 Debt pay down of $1 or EBITDA increase of $1? 14 4y
+38 How much bigger can the Megafunds get? 7 1y
+38 Leveraged Commercial Banking -> Mezzanine/Private credit fund? 15 6y
+38 Any update on Vista FT Associate for 2027? 10 1w
+38 I recruited on-cycle too early 13 6y
+38 HBS/GSB Buyside Recruiting 13 2y
+38 TA Associates with $16.5bn fundraise 26 3y
+38 Private Equity: Too disruptive or not disruptive enough? 12 14y
+38 My 2026 On-Cycle Experience 6 9mo
+38 Carried Interest (Advice / Help!) 9 4y
+38 bx tacopps or kkr infrastructure/special sits 23 2y
+38 Minorities in PEVC - ask me anything 10 6y
+38 First year associate (pre-mba) comp 45 12y
+38 PE / Buyside Modelling 4 3y
+38 MBA straight to PE ( with prior IB experience ?) 14 5y
+38 PE Associate Bonus 66 8mo
+38 Would you go work for a start-up PE firm? 9 11y
+38 Why is PE the end goal? 16 3y
+38 Have you been through/witness a bankruptcy? 21 3y
+38 Large Buyout Performance Ranking - 2023 25 2y
+38 Paper LBO Example -- Need Help 19 10y
+38 More Prestigious Law School over Business School? 13 10y
+38 Summit Partners Interviews 32 10y
+38 Leaving Infra PE 30 1mo
+38 Distressed PE vs Distressed HF? 17 9y
+38 Initial Headhunter Meetings 26 4y
+38 Need LBO Model Help 13 9y
+38 What are you doing post pe? 18 1y
+38 Thoma vs. TPG (buyout) 24 3y
+38 Who are the top MM PE funds 17 9y
+38 Private Credit Questions 26 4y
+38 TCV post-ZIRP - GE seats worth pursuing? 19 1y
+38 Advice for Asset Management Breaking Into Private Equity 20 6y
+38 I coded a SaaS Tool for Researching PE Funds... is this useful? 24 5y
+38 Partners Group Long Term 29 3mo
+38 GIC Comp 61 1y
+38 PE Associate Career Path 9 8y
+38 What is top-tier sourcing performance for an associate? How competitive is $200m+ sourced for UMM or MF PE/SM HFs/BSchool? 5 3y
+38 Why are private markets outperforming public markets? 11 6y
+38 IFC -> MBA -> PE 29 5y
+38 Evaluating Undergrad PE vs. IB Offers 21 2y
+38 "Edge" -- What is it, really? Can it be created? Sources of "Edge" 5 2y
+38 Why are PE funds, who are usually quite pragmatic/opportunistic about investing and businesses, so rigid in their recruiting? 11 4y
+38 Small Private Equity Fun (USD 100m AUM) - Thoughts on life in small PE? 10 8y
+38 Ghosted After Verbal Offer From PE Firm 7 7y
+38 2 Years IB + 2 Years PE 23 8y
+38 Can a company survive perpetually under successive LBOs? 7 8y
+38 Best associate I've worked with is leaving for PE, want to do something for him, no idea what 18 4mo
+38 Need Advice: Hate Prestige, but still Optimal Strategy? 18 5y
+38 Going straight into PE megafund skipping IB: Need Advice 16 8y
+38 Those who left PE for Corporate, why? 21 4mo
+38 2026 Special Situations/Distressed/Opportunistic Credit Landscape 21 1mo
+38 started in direct investments, moved to indirect, trying to move back and have an interview... please help 16 1y
+38 MBB PE exit opps in London 20 3y
+38 Value in PE (Synergies or Multiples Expansion) 11 3y
+38 European PE Recruiting for Americans from H/S/W 9 6y
+38 London: Recent IB Exits to MF PE 19 1y
+38 What is good in HC PE these days 24 9mo
+38 Escape Club / Exit Hatch 9 8y
+38 Recruiting from Chicago IB to NYC PE - how difficult? 25 6y
+38 Recruiting for Top Infra Funds (MIRA, GIP, BIP, etc.) 14 7y
+38 Co-invest and Carry: What happens if you leave the firm? 25 6y
+38 Setting up Shop, How do you pay bills? 15 8y
+38 Private Credit Underwriting 32 4y
+38 Which investing strategy will be most challenged this decade (‘20 through ‘29)? 7 6y
+38 PE Associate Pay Bump? 37 4y
+38 UMM Off Cycle Help 20 6mo
+38 Internal Mobility at BX? 27 4y
+38 Underperformer at PE. Switching to law over finance for stability? 10 1y
+38 Selling Group of Warrants? 16 4y
+38 Insight Partners 15 11mo
+38 CPP Investment Board 2020 Updated Reputation and Exits? 15 5y
+38 *URGENT* American BB vs. Credit MF 18 5y
+38 KKR Scholars 46 5mo
+38 Thrasio [Amazon e-commerce roll-ups] 43 2y
+38 H.I.G. vs. Audax Lawsuit 38 2y
+38 No-name, One-man PE Shop - would you join in my situation? 7 6y
+38 Media & Entertainment PE 27 3y
+38 Am I fully delusional? 13 2y
+38 EB to Tech PE / Growth Equity - possible ? 9 2y
+38 PE to entrepreneurship, any feedback? 11 2y
+38 Did I fuck up turning down a Kellogg acceptance? 32 2y
+38 KKR Private Equity Culture 20 4y
+38 PE fund investing comp 16 7y
+38 Updated views / perspectives on New Mountain Capital 28 10mo
+37 How much should I co-invest? 16 2y
+37 Non-Target to PE? 10 2y
+37 Going to PortCo and coming back to investing? 12 2y
+37 Does your firm have a value creation / portco improvement team? How does it function? 9 2y

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