Why is Private Equity such a popular career choice when asked about here?

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Skin in the game ... there's more to PE than fitting a regression curve to tell a story on pretty slides

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Interesting, demanding, varied responsibilities, potential to make great money down the road

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Because you get to own the strategy.

imagine if you kept a cut of the profits for every great recommendation you made

Anyone on here have buds in PE? How do they like it? Are the hours worth it?

An old classmate somehow got into PE out of undergrad at a non ivy/non elite public university. I just remember him being at work at 3am on a Saturday during his summer internship. His pay was incredible though.

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The Way to a Higher Salary? Leave.

If I had stayed in the role I was in originally and grown with it, I’d be making maybe $120k, best case. I also wouldn’t have broken 6-figures in under 4 years by waiting.

The biggest lie that companies tell you is you can grow in a firm, both professionally and financially. The only ones that grow are already the people a) getting the promotions, or b) on the sales side.

If neither applies to you, the fastest way to achieve salary growth is to leave.

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if there's no pension anymore and a significantly lesser lump sum payout, why become a partner at EY?

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