Fund Strategy Discovery?

Good Afternoon Monkeys,

I would like to go down the HF business after my Equity Research gig.

At the moment, I’m into L/S, but those of you that deviated from L/S into other strategies, why?

What led you to make the decision and how did you realize it?

Additionally, how are the interviews different throughout the strategies?

Thanks

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