S&T or IB for macro exit
If I plan to end up in a macro hf, would it be better to start in s&t on a rates desk (or something similar) or in IB?
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Rates. And learn how to code.
Thank you
Also, what language? Python? One of the C ones? Ocaml?
Python and SQL sometimes
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