+72 Prioritizing Firms for On-Cycle 24 5mo
+72 Megafunds with best culture(I'm being serious) 54 1y
+72 Which tech PE shop would you join? 65 1mo
+72 I Did It Boys - Now How do I Play This Hand? 31 1y
+72 Delayed promotion, what to do 35 1y
+72 PE Ranking - Europe 60 2y
+72 Info on Evergreen Coast Capital (Elliott Management PE arm) 37 3mo
+72 What even is Blackstone Tac Ops 17 4y
+72 Breaking into Private Equity after being a Product Manager for 3 years? 45 5y
+72 What are the best PE UMM/MF outside of NY? 48 5y
+72 Does doing Investment Banking and Private Equity at junior levels actually prepare you to be a good investor? 29 8y
+72 Private Equity Burn Out 47 7y
+72 why is it rare for post-MBA to get in PE without prior PE experience 39 9y
+72 value of CFA®for private equity job 51 15y
+72 PE Fund-of-funds......exit ops? 105 6y
+71 Bain vs Carlyle vs TPG vs Permira 20 1y
+71 Please explain PE not exiting their investments in 2023/2024 18 1y
+71 Private Equity - Targeted IRRs.... an Academic Discussion 37 1y
+71 SF vs. Boston 35 1y
+71 Fastest growing area of private investing? 36 5y
+71 Value Buy-out vs Growth Buy-out Discussion from Associate Perspective 16 5y
+71 Buyside Jobs out of Undergrad 40 5y
+71 Favorite Private Equity Plays? 21 7y
+71 How to ask someone for a job 61 8y
+71 Long-term PE - Lifestyle 29 5y
+71 World's Best PE Recruiter Database 31 5y
+70 Reflection of My Time at Graham Healthcare Capital 17 1mo
+70 NYC Neighborhood Suggestions for PE VP (early 30s with wife and dog) 57 1y
+70 Straight to PE vs doing 1-2 years of IB First 24 2y
+70 On Cycle 2025 Advice 10 2y
+70 Chicago PE firms (comprehensive list and tiers) 74 4mo
+70 GP Commit - Warehoused Deals - Raising Fund 1 27 4y
+70 Senior Associate and Vice President laterals - how do you want to be managed? 19 3y
+70 Why do Top PE analysts / associates go to Tiger Cubs? 35 4y
+70 Introvert, currently in PE and miserable.... 10 5y
+70 How much scale can a small PE firm reasonably expect? 19 5y
+70 Taking the plunge.. from New Zealand 22 3y
+70 How to break into PE Portfolio Operations from Consulting? 20 4y
+70 What is the point of doing private equity if you will be pushed out after two years to get an MBA? 13 8y
+70 Why are PE Funds much larger than Hedge Funds? 13 9y
+70 Quality of talent at Megafunds? 28 10y
+70 What do discuss during coffee/lunch meetings? 63 5y
+70 MM to PE - the impossible; thoughts? 64 6y
+70 Leaving your PE firm 49 14y
+69 Megafund with chances of promotion 62 1y
+69 PE VP: Q&A for on-cycle recruiting 47 5mo
+69 How PE Professionals Think about a Model? 19 5mo
+69 College—> Cushy PE Job Pipeline 17 1y
+69 How do you create a PE Market Thesis (LMM / MM)? 21 1y
+69 Alpine Investors CEO-in-training 30 2y
+69 Carry gone? 39 3y
+69 Sports Private Equity 25 6y
+69 Third Year MM PE Associate Taking Questions 28 6y
+69 What is Canada comp like? 40 5y
+69 Arguing for bigger bonus? 24 9y
+69 Industry choice 104 10y
+69 Q&A: Sr. Associate at a CVC fund 24 11y
+68 The PE "Recovery" is a Mirage 15 2mo
+68 Is Infra the Place to Be as Apollo & BX Believe?? 28 7mo
+68 Kim Kardashian Private Equity Failure - Thoughts? 25 1y
+68 Joining a new fund - Risk, reward, and comp? 24 1y
+68 Best Asset Classes - AUM Growth x Career Development 25 1y
+68 Infra funds with best culture 93 7mo
+68 Updated views on CD&R 42 1y
+68 Months in and already burned out 18 2y
+68 Has PE been good for you / better than IB? 27 2y
+68 2023: What are your buy-side perks? 68 3y
+68 If you were 19: PE or Quant? 31 5mo
+68 Thoughts on Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP)? 34 1y
+68 Dartmouth Partners Interview Shitshow Help 30 7mo
+68 How to Retain Unvested Carry when Leaving Firm 20 5y
+68 Interview DCF example 37 1y
+68 UMM PE List 22 1y
+68 How to Approach Proprietary Deal Idea 19 6y
+68 Is BCG a viable path to Private Equity? 16 4y
+68 Family Office Database List 16 3y
+67 Do people over-index on 'moats' 22 3d
+67 Making sacrifices in geography for career? Dating woes? 38 1mo
+67 F*** infra modelling 36 2d
+67 Vista Equity Partners 2026 Update 60 1mo
+67 Keep Suffering, or Jump Ship to my Corporate Offer? 36 1y
+67 At what point is an analyst PE program better than IB? 13 2y
+67 Moving internally at MF 35 2y
+67 Another career-crisis / passion vs career post! 23 2y
+67 Opinion: Watches in Finance 50 3y
+67 How To Make it Past VP in PE? 24 4mo
+67 Struggling to Move Back to Investing Side 26 3y
+67 2022/23 Associate Compensation (All) 123 2y
+67 Moving to Paris 64 1w
+67 Been pushed out / fired from job 24 4y
+67 What's Wrong with Warburg Industrial & Business Services? 53 2y
+67 Private Credit/Debt/DL Comp Variation 41 2y
+67 Peak Rock Capital in Austin 45 8mo
+67 Bain Captial FT Analyst Program 127 5y
+67 LBO modeling for software companies 24 6y
+67 Career Move - Corp to PE/HF in "late" life stage 13 3y
+67 Why don't more operators go into PE? 22 1y
+67 Does GPA matter for Private Equity? 24 3y
+66 MM Funds to avoid 44 3mo
+66 Difficult ASO Class in MF PE 49 6mo

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