+84 Top Long Only vs Small SM HF 27 2m
+30 Starting my career - small startup HF (under 300 mil AUM) vs. MM IB? 6 2h
+30 How to Know if HF L/S industry is for me? Wealth Management instead? Feel lost 8 12h
+27 Realistic HF Career Earnings 27 11h
+24 Are Single Managers Just Not Hiring? 9 38m
+22 Advice for Incoming Structured / Securitized Credit HF Analyst 4 2d
+20 Analysts Launching Out of MM 16 1d
+20 Career Trajectory for Data Scientists in HF 6 1d
+18 Repairing relationship with PM 10 12h
+15 How smart do you need to be a quant? When did you realize this was a career option/desirable path for yo? 4 3d
+15 What happened to Deccan Value Investors? 9 10h
+15 Do You Make Estimated Tax Payments? 3 3d
+12 Rolling Futures Systematically 1 4d
+12 Viking time horizon? 8 5h
+12 What is a unique example of a quantitative trading strategy? 9 4d
+9 Distressed credit - public vs private? 1 2d
+9 Part-time consulting and non-compete 1 2d
+9 Australia: Boutique fund management company graduate salary expectation 1 6d
+9 Best time to email hf investment professionals? 8 3h
+9 Move from Sell Side algo trader to AM (or HF) 1 3d
+9 Exit ops from Valuation/Pricing quant role 0 5h
+9 HF with no experience from GSB? 9 13h
+8 What happened to Neil Chriss? 0 2d
+8 Working US hours in London 8 3d
+7 You have a 5x5 matrix. The numbers 1,2,3,4 and 5 appear in every row and in every column exactly once.... 7 7m
+6 Thoughts on sell-side institutional FX sales? 1 2d
+6 BB LevFin to HF 3 5d
+6 Aurelius 1 1d
+6 Hedge Fund Compensation In Australia 3 4d
+5 If a billion dollar AUM trading firm doesnt employ hedging strategies, then is it not considered a "hedge fund"? 1 2d
+5 recruitment 2 21h
+5 Can you move from pods to activist? 14 2d
+5 SM L/S London base salary expectations 13 11h
+4 Blackrock Opportunistic Credit / Special Situations Credit Hedge Fund? 3 1d
+3 $1tn AUM asset manager vs. $100mn hedge fund? 1 13h
+3 Learning to be a good LO investor? 4 13h
+1 Bridgewater Associates 2025 Summer Associate 1 2d

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