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Vacation time for quant roles

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on 10/10/10 at 4:01am

Anyone with colleague anecdotes or personal experiences know the general flexibility for guys in quant roles to get vacation time? Is it the same as i-bankers?

I KNOW I KNOW, if I want vacation time, I should go teach 3rd grade public school. You can delete that quote you were about to post from that movie now. but we're all curious about vacation time at least somewhat.

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