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What do y'all know about Konrad NY?
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I bombed a question in my interview! Feeling horrid
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Opinions will obviously vary, but to me this is a no-brainer.
Can I ask who you’re trying to impress with prestige? Serious question. It’s thrown around here like it matters, but outside of this bowl and maybe 0.005% of the country no one knows or cares about what line of work you’re in.
You’ll make ‘bank’ as a partner wherever you are. You’re 2 years away and have an easy life. Why throw it away for a more tedious climb back up in all facets when it isn’t even guaranteed? For “prestige?” Your tombstone won’t read your firm…I hope…
Rising Star
Maybe the branding people will allow the firm on the tombstone?
Prestige? When you're making bank as a partner, no one will care about you being "big 4 partner" or "MBB". I've seen plenty of Advisory Partners command respect and I know plenty who make north of a million.
I would stay with the Big 4 firm because I prioritize WLB more and I’m sure at your age if you have kids/family, you’re going to miss spending as much time with them. I think the size of the fund depends and I’m not sure how difficult it is to make partner in 4-5 years at PE fund. I also don’t think prestige should be a disqualifying factor because if it’s a smaller fund, I would argue a Big 4 partner is pretty comparable prestige wise and in the PE world a smaller fund would be seen as less prestigious
Rising Star
I think you answered your own question. Which has cons that outweigh the other’s?
So many people on this bowl say they don’t care about prestige, when we all know that’s a lie.
No, that’s not worth it to me. Re-read the statement. All I did was call out people who say prestige doesn’t matter. I feel like the folks who harp on how much it doesn’t matter seem to care about it the most 🤔.
Rising Star
You need to add what criteria is most important TO YOU. We all could have listed those pros and cons for you, they are pretty intuitive.
Thanks for all your perspectives, feels good to hear how other see it coz my inner voice/insecurity overvalues prestigious firms/brand names much more than what it is. I am a year away from getting married and starting a family etc I do see that WLB rather living life is important than chasing brands and $$$. Thinking hard about I what do I want.. I have been in consulting for close to a decade and the work I do now, I can do it in my sleep. I feel like in consulting you barely own a p&l but in PE/interim management specifically type work you get to do consulting and call the shots & actually deliver results in real. But then pe/interim management type of work comes with a cost of no wlb, I guess.