what if you get blown out from PE
What are some alternative career paths if you get blown out of PE (can't move up from asso to vp or to principal, etc.), or if you choose to go to an adjacent field for whatever reason (wlb, family, etc.)? What does comp/trajectory look like?
Hopefully still good comp and some barrier to entry, even if not as high as in PE. (So no, no FP&A, strategy, or corp dev please. Been there, done that, not going back. You spend 10+yrs to get to director level and get paid $300k. (Yes some directors at large/good companies make $400-$500k, but let's not kid ourselves it's difficult to land at those handful of companies, climb the ladder/beat out all the competition to land the single/a handful of strategy/fp&a/corp dev director roles.))
Things that come to mind are: secondaries, private credit, family office/LP/some asset allocation role, HF (maybe harder to move into/actually requires some chops), investor relations/fundraising at investment firms.
What else? And if you're an asso/sr asso/vp in PE, what level(s) would you be get place into if you go do any of these alternative paths? Any insights on comp/trajectory for these paths?