+98 Quant shops paying $600k out of college? 99 1y
+39 Opinions on Worldquant? 12 3y
0 BL Capital at Millenium 1 3y
0 D.E. Shaw - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
+4 Weiss asset management? 7 3y
+58 What do you guys think of the female analysts you work with in HF 18 3y
+22 Offer Dilemma 14 3y
+9 Have your friends started their own hedge funds and how did it go? 8 3y
+46 MM to SM is it possible 13 3y
+5 Thoughts on Brevan Howard? 4 3y
+3 How PPNs hedge 1 3y
+3 Jane Street Rotational Dev Program? 2 3y
+39 At Harvard Law and interested in working in distressed debt, possibly activist investing -- best route? (cross post from job forum) 34 3y
+9 Point72 Winternship 2023 56 3y
0 Davidson Kempner Capital Management - Review - Alternative Investments Data 3y
0 Davidson Kempner Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Alternative Investments Data 3y
+14 “Secrets of the Temple” book 6 3y
+10 What happens when a short goes bankrupt? 4 3y
+8 Where do I start? 1 3y
+11 HF comp math 3 3y
+3 Thoughts on Steadview Capital? 3 3y
+9 Dodge & Cox RA program exits 12 3y
+4 Archegos and Tiger Cubs 2 3y
0 Short-only, women-only fund? 14 3y
+52 Building Models From Scratch: A waste of time or necessary evil? 18 2y
+3 OK to pitch a short to a mutual fund? 5 3y
+13 Davidson Kempner FT 2023 32 2y
+20 How to succeed at hf? 5 3y
+16 Switching to HF Now 4 3y
0 Point72 - Interview - Generalist Data 3y
+3 Point 72 Winternship 1 3y
+21 What if I flush out of a HF after undergrad? 13 3y
+4 Ultimate Ranking of the Banks - Sell Side Trading (US & Asia) 1 3y
+38 How will rising rates impact market neutral investing? 21 3y
+30 Acquihire vs. normal HF job after a startup failure 9 3y
+9 Appropriate time for Job Search? 1 3y
0 Citadel Financial Concepts Assessment Test 2 3y
0 Question on Expected Return 2 3y
+8 Hedge fund compensation 9 3y
+6 Quant ALM risk management career opportunities? 1 3y
+38 Idea Velocity and Work Process for New Pod Launch 14 3y
+4 Negative alpha = lack of manager skill? 12 2y
0 Millennium Partners - Review - Information Technology (IT) Data 3y
0 Millennium Partners - Salary & Bonus - Information Technology (IT) Data 3y
0 Amazon - Interview - Generalist Data 3y
+3 Best Desks at D. E. Shaw 2 3y
+12 Citadel recruitment 1 3y
+134 Megafund vs SM Hedge Fund 68 3y
+8 London: Update on P72, Citadel and Millennium graduate programs salaries 19 3y
+7 Alua Capital? 11 2y
+3 Competition Demystified: Any Other Take On this Excerpt? 4 3y
+60 Fed up AF with my PM 22 3y
+7 Hours in the Office at Greenwich Hedge Funds (ex. Silver Point) 10 3y
+27 Do you argue with your boss when they’re being unreasonable? 9 3y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Interview - NA Data 3y
+16 HFs shorting UK LO AM 6 3y
+7 How do you deal with the fear/stress of losing money? 6 3y
+61 How long does your research process take? 12 3y
+10 What have you learned so far from the last 2-3 years? 9 3y
+3 Projects for Quant Funds 1 3y
+3 Is this a fair offer for a 2nd year? 5 3y
+16 % PnL at Single Manager 19 3y
+9 HF in Houston? 4 1y
+4 Work experience UK 4 3y
+14 Looking for another SM HF seat as I lost faith in the PM - How to explain in the interview without being a douche? 2 3y
+19 Activist Books/Threads 10 3y
+4 Appaloosa investment process 1 3y
+1 New Global Macro community/forum 1 3y
+36 Breaking into global macro 11 3y
0 HBS -> Hedge Fund 1 3y
0 Greylock Capital Management - Review - Global Markets Data 3y
+20 What would a recruiter at a hedgefund say if someone studies/studied medicine and physics parallel? Would it be seen as positive or negative? 5 3y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Equity Capital Markets Data 3y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 3y
+5 Can Managing Directors get you an internship 2 3y
+1 best macro books for equity analysts 5 3y
+8 Exit Opps for Infra Analyst 7 3y
+22 How small is too small? 13 3y
+30 del 12 3y
0 How do subPMs proceed if they are correlated with the senior PM? 3 3y
+6 Citadel - culture? 6 3y
+1 Does recruiting get harder with more yoe? 1 3y
+10 PMs: what's are signs that an analyst/subpm is ready to take risk in your book? 2 3y
+8 Who are the best semiconductor investors? 5 3y
0 Citadel Securities - Interview - Generalist Data 3y
+24 Reasons people fail a case study 10 3y
+11 What happens to family office if the family's enterprise goes bankrupt? 4 3y
+109 Focusing on Investment Style Fit 25 3y
+3 DE Shaw Video Interview 1 3y
+3 HF Eq Deriv Trader from sellside (DeltaOne, S&T) 1 3y
+5 Is posting investment ideas on Substack meaningful to getting into buyside 2 3y
+19 Average investment horizon for L/S equity funds? 13 3y
+22 How to control rage/aggression? 20 3y
0 Peters & Co. - Review - Generalist Data 3y
+1 Point72 Experienced Academy - Case Study 19 3y
0 Intrepid Investment Bankers - Interview - NA Data 3y
+19 Determining % chance of different Rate Hikes 12 3y
+9 YC startup making accounting software for Hedge Funds 1 3y
+5 Eccentric reading recommendations 6 3y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 3y

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