I have an offer to interview for a role that pays 150-200k and is “strategic finance” but it’s specifically compensation analysis. Im sure I would do well in the interview given I was referred in and know this company inside and out operationally speaking as an outsider, but I’m seriously I’m not sure at this point if it’s worth ditching the whole IB/PE grind when I know in 2-4 years I’ll end up in a role like this anyway. (cont.)

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I’d personally take a role that would teach me skills to become a business owner. Compensation analysis doesn’t sound like strategic finance to me nor very useful for learning how to run a biz. I’ve been in a similar position at a tech firm where they billed my work as strat fin but it was actually more FP&A. With that said tho, is internal mobility big at the new firm? Are there a lot of other roles there that you could one day potentially move to to broaden your skillset? Are there a lot of smart folks you can learn from? If not, personally i would choose option one then

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Im personally in favor of the latter but depends on your likelihood of getting into a decent buyside shop that will give you the operational exposure or is just another shop that mainly rely on financial engineering to buy and hold. I think you’re pretty sold on the idea of starting your own business, as so am I. Hence, I skipped the PE route and took a cushier job to do my own thing on the side

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Also PE as a biz cycle in the next 2 yrs is very unpredictable as of this moment given the rates. A lot of smaller shops are struggling out there

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Frankly speaking I see PE as a sort of insurance where if I don’t have anything else I’ll do PE and have that under my belt. I also have a serious interest in owning my own business down the line and see PE as a way to just get operational exposure. That said I was thinking either

1) continue this path to PE and take in all the money for 2 years and quit to do whatever or

2) go into some cushy industry role, coast, and just build a business on the side from there

Would love any perspective from anyone here who has a perspective on weighing this

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