Phyllis Lee

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My Path to Private Equity & Los Angeles

Several months ago, I wrote about leaving NYC and investment banking without explaining why… As you can tell from the title of this post, I moved across the country from New York City to Los Angeles to start a new career as a private ...
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Investment Banking & NYC: A Reflection

2021 is not even halfway over, and this year has already brought more change than I ever imagined. I am no stranger to change. Growing up, I moved around frequently as my professor parents pursued their PhDs. I was used to switching schools, ...
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Goodbye 2020, Hello 2021

Happy New Year! When the pandemic hit NYC in March, I naively thought it would be over by June, but here we are, wrapping up the year still in quarantine. On paper, 2020 was a big year for me, especially my career. COVID was a huge tailwind for ...
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26 Years Young

    Wow, I’m already 26!   I entered into the new year of my life feeling great. Indoor dining opened a week before my birthday, I closed a high profile restructuring deal, and most importantly, I took the weekend off ...
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10 Lessons from Year 3 in the Real World

  As I begin the fourth year of my career, I thought I would keep up my series of real world lessons. The year 1 and year 2 lessons were proven useful again this past year, but below are the 10 points that I want to highlight in this post. ...
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2.5 Months of Quarantine

  Hello! I hope everyone is staying safe and managing to stay sane during quarantine. I am… hanging in there. I finished work this Friday at 11:30pm, got into bed but my mind was too awake, so I thought I would write a post about my ...
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