Apologies if this has already been posted, but would love to connect with any successful or unsuccessful searchers that lived through the Great Financial Crisis while on their search.
I would find it very valuable to hear about your experience during those times and draw any valuable insights or get some advice that might be useful during the current crisis.
If you have 20 minutes to spare for a quick phone call in the next couple of days, I would really appreciate it!
Thanks in advance
Any searchers that were searching during GCF (2007-2009)?
by a searcher from Harvard University - Harvard Business School
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I asked this question not to fish for "feel good comments" and help me go down a psychological downward spiral of justifying how hard this will be and throw the towel, but to get some perspective from experienced folks from the previous recession on how to best adapt and react to it. At the end of the day, we will all have to face reality and doing it sooner rather than later I think is always better. All these comments have been useful to that end, so again, thank you for your responses.
I'm also going to say that you will do well in your career because you've got the guts to ask the tough and obvious question staring you right in the face. Most people (evidence abundant) will twist themselves into a pretzel to avoid an uncomfortable truth - even when it's mugging them.
Mid-tier ibanks are scrambling right now to redevelop themselves as RX shops as that's where the future is, at least for a few years. PE shops are scrambling to shift their talent and marketing and trying to get LPs to go along with them as they adjust to a new reality.
Best of luck to you
Jeff