+731 High finance not worth it for women 235 1mo
+730 Why The Grass Isn't Greener: The Private Equity Associate Crisis (PEAC) 53 7mo
+661 Thoughts From a MF PE Associate 97 2mo
+377 The unspoken truth about PE handcuffs 64 1mo
+339 Worse than IB? 87 8mo
+321 My (successful) experience with on-cycle this year 71 2d
+310 Please Tell Me I Can Look Forward to PE 70 3w
+280 Selfish Ask for Help in Situation 60 8mo
+270 Just got in to the carry pool today fellas. 90 4mo
+267 HIG in 2024 95 1d
+264 How much money to "feel rich" in nyc? 150 10mo
+263 The Long Game - 20 years ago / 20 years from now 61 1mo
+254 Keen for views on MBAs 88 4mo
+249 Gen Z = IB and PE less competitive? 70 6mo
+241 BDT & MSD Updated Views 84 13h
+239 Leaving PE - to the older folks on WSO 68 1w
+225 Large Cap PE is Institutionalized Slavery 51 9mo
+200 Paths Back to Buyside? 54 3mo
+197 Advice? Am I crazy? My plan to become a billionaire. 59 5mo
+193 Having a really tough time in PE… 77 5mo
+192 Rent as a PE associate 92 2d
+191 Is MF IR becoming a front office role? 93 1d
+183 What makes you happy outside of work? Have it all but stuck in a void. 67 10mo
+182 Selling Company to join a private equity fund 52 8mo
+173 ON CYCLE 2023 MASTER THREAD 205 9mo
+171 Which PE Firms are going downhill? 149 5d
+168 Taking Chill, Non-Finance Job for Mental Health vs. Plowing Through? [NEED ADVICE] 21 7mo
+165 Find something you like to do and do it to death 24 1mo
+160 Ex Apollo Associate Q&A (But I Actually Answer) 198 5d
+160 Boring personalities in PE. Is PE inherently soul crushing? 51 2mo
+152 Why you shouldn't do Infra PE 82 2mo
+148 Help with career development 53 6mo
+145 Carlyle would be so cool if it were better and I wish it was 21 10mo
+144 Dark thoughts 26 2mo
+137 Ex Apollo associate Q&A 73 1mo
+133 Should I just quit? 26 4mo
+131 PE Seniors: How do you guys manage WLB in the long term, whats the path to long term success/avoiding burnout in PE? 59 2mo
+130 Investing in collectibles? 35 8mo
+123 Lower Middle Market Private Equity is Paradise 15 10mo
+122 Sr Asso / VP Unemployment Check-in 72 1w
+121 GF left me after saying she'd support an LDR 51 7mo
+121 Laid Off From Toxic Job 40 2mo
+121 PE Firms With Good Work Cultures 78 5mo
+120 A PSA: doing your own deals is nothing like being an associate at a name brand fund 14 9mo
+119 Q&A - Anything about PE / MBA / Life 111 3d
+118 How bad was MF MBA placement this year 71 4w
+115 why do you like PE investing 31 2mo
+114 BlackRock to buy Global Infrastructure Partners for $12.5bn 50 3mo
+109 Tiger Global Memo 52 3mo
+106 Leaving PE for Biomedical Engineering (Neuroengineering) PhD 33 4mo
+105 How to think like an Infra Investor? 32 2mo
+104 Was the grass greener over there? Or was it greener where you were? (A post-mortem thread) 27 6mo
+103 Growth Equity/Growth Buyout Exits 45 1mo
+102 Firms that you have beef with 95 1w
+101 Who is actually good in the secondaries game? 113 2mo
+100 What type of MF group would you want to be in for the next 5-10 years? 63 6mo
+99 Search funds: "like shooting fish in a barrel" (from ex-F100 CEO) 31 1d
+98 Funds with the best culture 105 3w
+98 Brutal Firing Stories 20 8mo
+97 Delete 24 5mo
+96 PE to Digital Nomad Transition 37 1mo
+93 Didn’t See the Light at the End of the Tunnel. Do you? 33 6mo
+92 Burnout - What Comes Next? 39 3mo
+92 Current PE Recruiting Environment London 67 5mo
+89 Where Would You Want to be a VP Today? 47 3mo
+88 SAN FRANCISCO MEETUP 70 1mo
+88 Why is PE associate pay still much lower than banking pay? 84 3mo
+88 Why not stay in advisory and make 7 figures in early 30s? 64 4mo
+86 Tax Equity in Renewables 27 7mo
+85 Non-Target in PE 25 1mo
+84 Headhunter Calls On Cycle 2025 124 10mo
+84 How to train attention to detail 22 11mo
+82 Blackstone Performance Kinda Sucks, No? 31 3mo
+81 Getting an analyst for the first time - any advice? 12 4mo
+80 Question about Founder Role Post-Acquisition 14 8mo
+80 My Hours As A First Year Associate in PE 21 9mo
+79 LMM Folks: Have you seen an attractive business model where you said "that's so easy that I could start that business today"? 40 11h
+78 Silver Lake cancels analyst program 24 3d
+78 Does working at Apollo solve my problems ? 16 11mo
+76 Tiger Global Attacked Former Employee that Wrote Book About Chase 11 2mo
+76 Just got put on PIP, What do I do now? 39 3mo
+74 Self-admittedly "mid" analyst transitioning to MF PE 8 11mo
+73 Which tech PE shop would you join? 64 2mo
+73 “End of an Era for PE” - Marc Rowan 23 9mo
+70 On Cycle 2025 Advice 10 10mo
+69 Delayed promotion, what to do 34 2mo
+68 Best perks and nicest offices? 51 3mo
+67 Another career-crisis / passion vs career post! 23 9mo
+66 Which PE firms are on the rise? 85 2w
+66 Associates who have realized PE is not the promised land, what's next? 45 3mo
+66 At what point is an analyst PE program better than IB? 13 7mo
+66 Has PE been good for you / better than IB? 27 6mo
+66 Grad degrees = straight liabilities 20 11mo
+65 High finance comp ceiling India 35 1mo
+65 Straight to PE vs doing 1-2 years of IB First 24 6mo
+65 Moving internally at MF 35 7mo
+64 Months in and already burned out 18 6mo
+64 Warburg returns? 16 9mo
+64 Opinion: Watches in Finance 51 11mo
+63 How to Model SaaS Projections for Interviews 63 3w

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