Career Transitions

Why Private Equity Pros Are Fleeing Big Firms for Smaller, Specialized Funds

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Mid-level professionals are increasingly leaving large private-equ...

Higher interest rates and weak exit activity since 2022 have under...

Smaller and specialist funds often offer faster promotion, greater...

Performance data showing smaller and sector-focused funds outperfo...

Why Few MBB Consultants Move into Banking: Realities of Career Transitions

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Only about 3% of McKinsey, Bain and BCG leavers go into investment...

Most ex-consultants join large, usually private companies, includi...

Transitions from MBB into banking are concentrated in junior roles...

Both perception gaps about deal experience and concerns over cultu...

How Scott Galloway’s Start in Investment Banking Built His Skills and Values

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Scott Galloway describes his stint in Morgan Stanley investment ba...

Despite hating the job, he credits it with instilling attention to...

The experience pushed him away from banking toward entrepreneurshi...

His story highlights how early, uncomfortable career choices can s...

From Investment Banking to Entrepreneurship: Scott Galloway’s Lessons in Humility & Self-Awareness

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Scott Galloway says he hated investment banking and was bad at it,...

The job exposed his insecurity, impatience, and poor fit with larg...

After leaving banking he founded and sold Profit, later rebuilding...

He stresses humility about success and self-forgiveness after fail...

When Burnout Hits Banking: Vitória Okuyama’s Radical Exit Exposes Culture Crisis

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Former junior banker and ex-pro tennis player Vitoria Okuyama quit...

At Citi she worked extreme hours with constant anxiety, mirroring ...

She fully stepped away, including a leave and ayahuasca retreat, t...

Her story highlights widespread burnout in finance and suggests re...
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