hyper ambitious and willing to accept the toll asked over this horrific stretch? It's no fun if so. Meet the minimum criteria of experience and transactions then consider what avenues you want to go when you'll move on. You gotta get the requisite notches in your gun handle in the meantime.

I learned halfway through my career that what it took to earn the megabucks in my professional space just wasn't worth it for me, and found a path more palatable and gratifying, but still doing well enough financially. Having an on-going full-time regular job combined with always doing due diligence work either being bought or acquiring another company is thankless work unless you're participating in the equity side...but even then...

Good Luck man... I've been there