Private Equity by Carrie Sun
Carrie Sun gave up a promising career, as well as the chance to receive two master’s degrees at the same time to work as an administrative/personal assistant at a hedge fund. This was supposed to give her time to work on herself, exercising, writing a book, and more, but it wound up becoming her entire life – expensive perks and all. This is the heart of Private Equity, along with her thoughts on how she wound up choosing this particular career path.
What the job really did was give Sun a chance to evaluate her life and determine her main purpose and passion, which turned out to not be in the high-valued world of finance after all. This is evident in the book, where she reflects about the verbal and psychological abuse heaped on her by her parents, as well as spending time thinking about how she can meet her own expectations while not worrying about theirs.
My Thoughts on Private Equity
One thing that stood out to me was the fact that Sun’s boss, upon receiving her resignation letter, told her that she would never succeed as a writer, because she’s too analytical. In fact, this is what makes the book great. Sun used her analytical mind to go through her DMs, notes, and other things, and describe exactly what was happening in the book. Readers will learn about the foods that she ordered for her boss’ birthday party in detail, which makes it seem like they’re right there in the room.
In addition, Sun’s analysis of her life and where she wants to go with it (and her future doesn’t involve her controlling ex-fiance, thankfully, as he comes across unpleasant in the memoir), is clearly written and highly detailed. It’s possible to be both analytical and writer, all at once.
If you want to see how a hedge fund works, are curious about the financial world, and want to read about how Sun finally found herself, this is the book for you.
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