Saw a former coworker's post about their new job. Normal hours, creative work, half the pay. Honestly, I felt a twinge of envy. Anyone else tempted to jump ship?

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Yes — at this point having time to live my life outside of work is much more important to me than a nice bonus. Plenty of roles with good comp (relative to 99% of jobs out there) outside of banking / PE with far better work life balance and more creative work.

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The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence…until you get there.

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Having done both (lateraled to corp dev and came back to sellside) I prefer the higher pay

Very tempted!!!

Yeah, same from time to time.

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