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Today in "making up problems in your mind"...
Your portco does cardboard boxes? You work in the cardboard industry. You work for the fund directly? You work in PE/asset management/finance. People either don't know what PE is, don't care, or are part of the same professional bubble.
If you're worried about your artsy Hinge date not liking it, she ain't the one
Chill with the prestige wh*****.
Talking to a banker or consultant or someone who genuinely knows and cares about the Diff? “I work at a PE Portco”
Talking to a normal human being? “I work at a big roofing company, but on the business side”
You work at the company. No one cares that it’s PE backed.