Had a first rounder with a fund today, overall went well but did some of my own diligence and associate turnover seems extremely high. Want to back out of the process without upsetting the headhunter. Any thoughts on how to approach this?

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for a switch in data science and data analysis.

I have 7+ months of experience in a startup.

I have released projects to three clients by now.

I'm looking for a change. Any help would be appreciated.@

Favorite recent/current pharma campaigns? Either DTC or HCP. Looking for some inspiration!

Lets get some intros going! I’m Nigerian, 27, have lived in the US for 20yrs, Associate at an IB in NYC

Using Robinhood to do some day trading. Bought a share of Amazon a few months back and have almost 30% ROI. Should I sell? It seems like it is too high right now and the bottom could fall any moment.

What’s a good target annual earning % for interest and dividends relative to portfolio size? I am new to investing and am generally just invested in the SP500 and total stock market via index funds

Used car prices starting to come down?

Any tips or tricks on collecting extra PQP on United / MileagePlus? Particularly, any ways to collect without taking flights. Trying to score an extra 2500 PQP over the next 3 months

Any book recommendations on advanced procurement/sourcing concepts?

Most popular books I find such as 'Procurement and Supply Manager's Desk Reference' are not detailed/deep enough.

Happy to refer for KPMG SG if anyone's interested!

Anyone in consulting and doing OE? Using bench time for J2+ seems like a good opportunity in this environment, considering it wouldn’t look out of place to remain on the bench for quite a while

San Antonio food and things to do???

Is Tcs onboarding started in person? My onboarding manager asked me to report to noida for onboarding ,whereas I have asked for gurgaon location and work location on Ibegin also shows Gurgaon. Did she asked for Noida just for onboarding process or the work location will also change to Noida ?

Interested in becoming a Google cloud product manager. Here are my observations on the experience you will need to be considered.

Here are my observations about the skills and experiences that PMs have and how people are joining that group.

They are all technical. All of them could easily be very technical cloud consultants or cloud engineers.
Tl/Dr. If you couldn't get hired as a cloud engineer or cloud consultant - you probably can't become a PM

Any idea what salaries youd be looking at working for a placememt agent? PE, RE, private debt etc

Was just reached out to by someone from Barton. They say they recruit people for day-by-day contract work for PE firms. Are there any other firms that do this?

Any insights on BX London? Specifically the credit platform (ie the ex GSO guys). Culture/comp/near term roadmap?

Anybody use Axial marketplace? Thoughts on quality from buy side? Any other alternative marketplaces you look to?

I work at M&A Strategy. But we hardly do any M&A activities (that are limited to separation and integration) and I want move eventually to PE/VC. Do you think I should look for other working options?

Need some expert advice: (1) what are the exit opportunities for VC associates? (2) More precisely will a 2 years experience in this role be helpful to get into PE/IB? (3) If not, what are some recommendations to bridge the gap?

I am an associate at a UMM and my employment contract has a 4 month non compete (yes, even for associates) but I am thinking of lateraling. What are the implications of breaking a non compete? I didn’t say anything when I signed because I was desperate for a PE offer but it seems so unfair as I am just a lowly associate. I am not so much worried about getting sued, but about my current employer tanking my reputation if I leave and break the non compete.

PE to HF - harder than it seems?

I’m having trouble finding resources on operational due diligence - I’m trying to study for an interview and can’t seem to find a lot of good things online about it. Any advice / leads?

I know a lot of PE firms have port ops teams, but any pe firms have in-house market l due diligence teams / market insights teams to help deal teams with market diligence (aka market size, customer perspectives, competitive landscape, etc.)

Anyone here broken into real estate private equity from big 4 consulting? What steps did you take to jump into RE PE? What gaps in knowledge did you have and how did you fill them? Outside of the knowledge gaps what other things do you think you needed in order to get into RE PE?

I’m a PE ops VP at a larger fund. Currently making $350k cash comp with about $1M carry at work per fund. Realistically, what would I be looking at in terms of cash/carry comp increase if I were to be promoted up one level (one below partner).

What are some feasible exits to the investment industry? PE seems to be too hard. Currently at Strategy& Deals Strategy and will leave at the 3YOE mark

I’m applying to some PE funds (currently a BA at a top consultancy). I want to know, assuming I get in, when can I buy myself a Ferrari and a yacht?

How is Oliver Wyman FS -right after undergrad- if you want to exit into PE ?

How can you gauge whether a LMM pe shop with limited past employees has a good culture or not? I’m interviews with a few but feel like I have no clue if itll be sweaty, chill, etc. What questions can I ask to get insight into this?

Do you still write thank you emails after interviews? A lot of the roles I interview for these days are coordinated by recruiters so I don’t see the interviewers emails

Any tips on how to get started on prepping for VC interviews

Anyone have a good PE specialist financial advisor?

How’s comp and culture at Altamont?