+67 Another career-crisis / passion vs career post! 22 3y
+67 Opinion: Watches in Finance 50 3y
+67 How To Make it Past VP in PE? 24 6mo
+67 Struggling to Move Back to Investing Side 26 3y
+67 2022/23 Associate Compensation (All) 123 2y
+67 Moving to Paris 64 2mo
+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 Bain Captial FT Analyst Program 127 6y
+67 LBO modeling for software companies 24 6y
+67 Career Move - Corp to PE/HF in "late" life stage 11 4y
+67 Why don't more operators go into PE? 22 2y
+67 Does GPA matter for Private Equity? 24 4y
+66 MM Funds to avoid 44 6mo
+66 Difficult ASO Class in MF PE 49 9mo
+66 PE Associates— how do you think about your money? 50 1y
+66 Difference Between $100m & $1-10b Deals 27 1y
+66 Why are people against the idea of PE imploding 28 1y
+66 Life Talk - Leaving PE 16 1y
+66 Do you guys really not expect carry to materialize? 55 1w
+66 Grad degrees = straight liabilities 20 3y
+66 Anybody have a minority growth equity model example / test? Interviewing soon 197 3y
+66 Advice on PE 18 3y
+66 Best bang for your buck post-MBA roles (culture to comp ratio) 18 4y
+66 Post-Associate Stint Comp Expectations 58 2y
+66 36 5y
+66 Distressed vs. Traditional Buyout 22 5y
+66 LA PE Firms Rep / Culture - LGP, Ares, Platinum Equity, Marlin Equity 93 4y
+66 [Experience] Road to PE - Investment Analyst in a MegaFund 20 6y
+66 SoftBank Vision Fund / GIC / Temasek 22 6y
+66 How to transition from Technology Consulting at a Tier 2 into MM Private Equity? 22 9y
+66 Am I getting hosed on PE associate comp? 28 6y
+66 Starting in MM PE soon 49 5y
+66 CFA® and PE: The Ultimate answer based on performance not prestige 23 8y
+65 What I Learned From Recruiting for SA 27 3 3mo
+65 I know the head of the PE fund I'm applying too.. 9 5mo
+65 Crossroads: Did I Screw Up by Leaving PE? 22 4d
+65 Shitty situation at my fund - not sure what to do next 16 1y
+65 Insight Partners has the most toxic and unprofessional recruitment 31 1y
+65 PE IR "growing"? 34 1y
+65 Moved to Different City for PE 22 3y
+65 Success as a new PE VP? 5 4y
+65 Sketchiest PE Shops 86 8mo
+65 Q&A: Non-Target -> BB ER -> BB IB -> MM PE 15 5y
+65 Is PE a dead end? 38 4y
+65 PE firms with best placement into H/S? 36 3y
+65 Am I being greedy? LMM to MBA 6 6y
+65 McKinsey vs. Bain for Private Equity MF Exit 17 5y
+65 Best direct lending shops in Asia 23 5y
+65 Thoughts on LMM Fund in Small City 17 4y
+65 Private Equity Interview Question: Why do you want to work for our Firm? 15 9y
+65 "Operationally-Focused" PE Associate Roles - Marketing Chimera or Great Opportunity? 12 9y
+65 Re - Lifestyle in Private Equity (lower mid to mid market space) 6 6y
+64 Working on Juneteenth 37 1mo
+64 Is prestige on the buy side a scam? 22 5mo
+64 Inherit $2M/yr Book at 24 vs Buy-Side Path — Which Should I Take? 39 6mo
+64 How much are people actually making in PE? (All-in comp) 32 8mo
+64 Leaving PE at Mid-Level 35 4mo
+64 Hot take: I'd rather be at a privately held fast growing UMM than a public MF 26 1y
+64 PE Associates - How Much Are You Coinvesting In Your Fund? 45 1y
+64 The Real Large-cap Corporate PE Placement by Bank 28 9mo
+64 PE Nerds, I need you. 31 1y
+64 2Y IB / 4Y MF - How to get up to speed on the Tech Industry 28 1y
+64 Warburg returns? 16 2y
+64 Mental illness in PE/IB 27 3y
+64 Secondaries Comp / Culture in 2023 97 7mo
+64 SkyKnight? 47 1w
+64 What are the best Special Sits/PC firms? 60 1y
+64 From an FT PE ASO: Just Breathe | 2023 On-Cycle 6 4y
+64 Middleground Capital Insight? 42 8mo
+64 I think I found paradise 38 4y
+64 Family Offices vs MFs 50 1y
+64 What does the Private Equity environment of Dallas look like? 27 2y
+64 Dealing with assholes 19 5y
+64 Top Growth firms comp out of undergrad 66 4y
+64 Where do the 'bodies' of PE go? 43 4y
+64 Best PE Firms to Work For? (Associate Level) 50 3y
+64 Q&A: Megafund Asia Private Equity 20 6y
+64 HIG Capital - SF Superday 24 11mo
+64 Distressed / Spec Sits vs Regular PE 20 6y
+64 IB SA --> PE FT Process 36 7y
+64 One Rock Capital - Thoughts? 69 1mo
+64 Private Equity firms that recruit undergrads? 50 5y
+64 How are LBOs for companies trading at 30X EBITDA financed? 27 4y
+64 Does PE bankrupt companies?--Romney/Bain 41 7y
+64 FCF - Term Loan A vs Term Loan B 51 5y
+63 MF followed up 4 months after reference check with a Caveat. How do I respond? 15 7mo
+63 Tech MM PE Lanscape 2025 68 3mo
+63 Learning in PE / IB 11 9mo
+63 Life in Middle Market Private Equity 19 4mo
+63 What is “distressed” PE…who gets in?? 21 12mo
+63 A day in PE 24 1y
+63 UK Budget - who’s leaving London 41 1y
+63 Risk in Pursuing C&R as Industry Specialization 53 1y
+63 TPG Updated Views 32 2y
+63 1920's Goldman CEO Middle School Dropout vs. Jamie Dimon 14 3y
+63 Help. Feeling Lost 16 3y
+63 Videogame Studios - What Do the #s Look Like? 22 2y
+63 Difference between working in LMM, MM, UMM and MF 21 3y

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