What do you tell yourself when you want to quit your job

That's it, when you feel like you've had enough, how do you see it through? Admire people that stay places for a long time. Don't understand how they don't have those thoughts

525 WSO Academy Private Equity Session Reviews: 4.82/5

Class of '30 Jul 2026 Cohort

5.00/5

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“Javier Barrena provided really detailed walkthrough on how he approached a similar tasking before, and although I entered the session not knowing how to approach this case study at all, I have a much clearer picture now. This session was extremely effective, and it's fortunate that he had the availability to do this despite my case study task coming in at a very last minute.”

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Class of '18 Nov 2026 Cohort

4.56/5

Private Equity Mock Coffee Chat

“Jorge was very practical and generous with his time. He gave me a clear action plan: tighten my elevator pitch to under 2 min, do a weekly modelling case study, and prep technicals, market questions and behaviourals. His networking advice (always ask each contact for 1-2 more names, track fund closes to spot hiring windows, a list of London infra headhunters) was very actionable. He also referred me internally to Nuveen within a week. Only point to improve: I’m still waiting for his feedback on the case studies I sent.”

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"You like money too much, they pay well, and you don't have another job lined up"

If it's really that bad start looking to lateral.

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"If you don't have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything" - Winston Churchill | "It's a testament to the sheer belligerence of the profession that people would rather argue about the 'risk-adjusted returns' of using inferior tooth cleaning methods." - kellycriterion

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Analyst 1 in IB - Cov

1y

I didn't tell myself anything. I was so fed up I just quit on the spot and walked out the office without anything lined up never even came back to even return my tech / badge and stuff or say goodbye to anyone (horrible idea I know).

Now in strategy working 35-45 hours a week and all in comp of $260k. Life works itself out brother.

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haha, thats nuts. good for you. can you dm me? curious to hear what you're doing now

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Would you say corp strat hours are reliable/predictable? Looking at Competitive Intelligence as a potential exit op but have doubts to exiting to a corp.

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