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+58 Distressed Credit Dead? 10 1y
+4 TDO at Jane Street vs Quant Technologist at Qube Research 6 1y
+11 Commodity Fundamentals vs Quants 4 1y
+9 Trader to HF TA? 4 1y
+20 Best biotech investors? 30 8mo
+19 Landing a PM role 12 1y
+19 Three Factor Model 5 1y
+8 Garden Leave 5 1y
+8 Breaking Into Pod / MM - Networking or HeadHunters? 12 1y
+9 Salary expec for SM London HF, US$1.5bn AUM 8 1y
+1 #1 II ER Associate vs MM IB Analyst for Ultimate Hedge Fund Career 1 1y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 1y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Review - Investments Data 1y
0 Sophomore Summer Investing Seat Timeline 1 1y
0 24 hour nasdaq 2 1y
+9 Need Advice 1 1y
+6 Long-Term Focused Quantamental Shops/Teams 1 1y
0 Jane/HRT prop risk taking 4 1y
+5 Do any of you plan on starting your own funds? What are your long-term career goals? 2 1y
+10 Switching from Quant Dev to Quant Research 9 1y
+9 Point72 Modeling 1 1y
0 Sachem Cove Partners SA 2026 Megathread 0 1y
+12 What makes a star analyst/PM? 5 1y
+13 Analyst PM? 2 1y
+19 DAILY READING STACK? 11 1y
0 Balancing figures in balance sheets 4 1y
+3 Thoughts on Sound Point Capital 3 1y
+9 Flow Traders vs BB to get to prop shops/hedge funds 1 1y
+19 Crossovers with Combined Publics & Privates 8 4mo
+1 Pod Shops Culture 4 1y
0 Why Credit HFs? 2 1y
+3 How Often Do You Refresh Thesis & Risk-Reward Numbers? 1 1y
+10 How to select a few stocks to follow in the market? 3 1y
+74 How do MMs calculate Sharpe 16 6mo
+26 Emerging market structured credit 3 1y
+27 How Do I Prep for Starting as a Analyst 16 1y
+15 Lateral Pod Moves - Advice? 1 1y
+29 Building my own factor model to explain share price performance 8 1y
+47 Getting set up in a MMHF/Pod 12 1y
+32 Revenue and Cost drivers in model? 4 1y
+21 Old timers: what was it like during GFC? 8 1y
+60 What are pod shops looking for, to generate alpha? 23 1y
+16 Why does no one talk about starting their own fund? 12 1y
0 Del 1 1y
+233 THE BRUTALITY OF WORKING AT A MULTI-MANAGER HEDGE FUND 89 8mo
+18 HF offer vs. promotion at physical shop 2 1y
+4 Point72 Summer 2025 Academy London Office 21 1y
+1 Credit HF On-site Case Study 2 1y
+3 HF out of Canadian undergrad 2 1y
+56 Glenn Dubin - Highbridge 40 9mo
0 Two Sigma Investments - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Trading Data 1y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Review - Quantitative Trading Data 1y
+10 Lawyer recs for MM HF contract 5 1y
+10 Let go. how to bounce back? 2 1y
+3 Advice for Incoming Intern @ SM HF? 3 1y
+7 Citadel case study, how do I prep? 1 1y
+11 Cross-asset allocation changes at MMs during drawdowns / high vol periods 3 1y
+13 Struggling as a sophomore (Math @ MIT) 2 1y
+3 Therapeutics carnage / pods blowing up? 2 1y
+178 Good seat but want more… 59 1y
+10 3 hour MM HF case study in-person. What to expect? 8 1y
+3 ARR Investment Partners 1 1y
+24 TopGun Investment Minds 9 1y
+17 Economist at Macro HF to PM 11 1y
+61 Today's market drawdown vs. other periods 16 1y
0 How to best prepare to land HF 3 1y
+198 Panic attacks this week 44 1y
+20 Pod blew up while on garden leave 12 1y
+3 Pod Shops Breakdown by Asset Class 1 1y
0 Citadel Securities - Interview - Generalist Data 1y
0 Citadel Securities - Review - Generalist Data 1y
0 IB→Tech Startup CFO→HF/LO possible? 1 1y
+12 What should I expect for an entry-level HF interview? 6 1y
0 EnTrust Global 0 1y
+15 Joining Newish Hedge Fund (<$500 million) in August 8 1y
+9 Working at a HF without Calc 13 1y
+1 MM interviews 3 1y
+24 How to study "risk taking" 9 1y
0 Graham Capital Management - Review - Software Data 1y
+6 What's the sweet spot wrt risk model? 1 1y
0 Soros Fund Management - Interview - Macro Data 1y
+19 How did you guys do this week? 9 1y
+6 Weiss vs. Bracebridge vs. Bridgewater vs. DE Shaw Comp 1 1y
+22 T1 LO or T1 MM ? 25 1y
+14 Moving for Seat 5 1y
+12 Thoughts on Passaic Capital (Millenium)? 3 1y
+24 How do you handle the never-ending nature of this work? 7 1y
+25 Generalist vs. specialist early career 8 1y
0 Capital Group 2 1y
+18 buyside model 23 1y
+5 Hf searches recently 10 1y
+29 How to break into endowments? 8 1y
+11 Soph Summer HF Experience? Signed SA 2026 2 1y
+9 Interning at HF as QD for summer - what interns can I get off-cycle? 1 1y
+19 Prop trader trying to get into whatever fund or firm 4 1y
+3 Pod go boom 1 1y
+16 NASDAQ 24/5 9 1y
+1 Is Point72’s “Careers” site broken? 3 1y
+18 Best HF seats for energy / commodity focused names? 18 1y

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