Unspoken Rules for Summer Interns (PE Edition)?

Saw the thread in the IB forum and wanted to see if there are any varying suggestions for incoming PE SAs like myself. I assume majority of the advice would be very similar but would love to know if there are any other things to note specific to PE/the buyside.

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something someone probably won't tell you directly, but you aren't going to have as many people around/above you on a deal team as in IB

Need to be more self-sufficient than an average intern in IB

 

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