+36 Starting HF career at a New / Small Fund 17 1d
+35 Good but toxic PM. Stay or leave? 9 10mo
+35 HF after $100M Startup? 25 9mo
+35 Should I Run for the Exit or is this the Norm? 13 5mo
+35 Transition from medicine to IB/HF 14 4mo
+35 Most resourceful diligence? 14 4mo
+35 Need Some Advice on Best Path to Macro HF PM / Starting Own HF 7 1mo
+34 Fundamental analysts ... what keeps you motivated (besides the dollar upside)? 14 10mo
+34 Is AI going to replace everyone but the senior analysts and PMs? 16 2mo
+34 No Freshman Summer Internship 16 3w
+33 Distressed Credit vs. Equity Activism 9 4mo
+33 New Grad: fundamentals at citadel securities vs. hedge fund 8 10mo
+33 How to work with an “off” analyst 7 8mo
+33 Cut from Bridgewater first year class 15 6mo
+33 LO AM vs MM HF vs SM HF 13 4mo
+33 How to break into Merger Arbitrage London 14 1w
+32 (Help) To tell or not to tell 9 11mo
+32 Del del del del sell buy sell . 15 10mo
+32 Thoughts on Harvey Capital Partners and Lane42? 20 1w
+32 How much to ask? 13 6mo
+32 Balyasny Catalyst 26 3mo
+32 Diameter Departures 34 2mo
+32 Plucked from Obscurity like Burry - a fantasy? 7 2mo
+31 King Street Capital - Still a good place to work? 23 4w
+31 Harassment at work 12 3mo
+31 Catalyst Identification: Outside in Analysis 9 3mo
+31 Distressed funds with poor reputation 31 2mo
+30 Wars between Hedge Funds/PMs 9 9mo
+30 Thoughts on sending a 3P comp report to my PM? 12 6mo
+30 implementation research vs algo trader 7 7mo
+30 27 and an execution trader at a top Macro fund, what next? 20 6mo
+30 Path to being a Master of the Universe (SM Founder) 7 5mo
+30 IB or HF FT Out of Undergrad 15 3mo
+29 FI Pod Analyst 8 9mo
+29 Quant Developer in a pod - career advice 5 9mo
+29 Got my first offer but with low base 12 8mo
+29 Credit HF seat vs. analyst at a Credit Pod within a Multi Strat Fund 15 8mo
+29 Small SM vs. MM Opportunity 14 7mo
+29 A few quick questions interviewing at L/S for the first time... 9 4mo
+29 Dodge and Cox Stock Pitch Competition 44 5mo
+29 Is systematic macro just farming risk premia? 10 3mo
+28 Credit —> Equity 11 9mo
+28 Post-MBA HF Pivot in 2025 11 9mo
+28 AlphaSights -> Buy-Side? 15 7mo
+28 Citadel CAP Summer Associate 2027 108 3mo
+28 Candlestick shutting down 20 4mo
+28 HF Graduate Program Thread 19 5mo
+28 HF Analyst Offer (Non-US) vs Promotion at $10B+ US Endowment (2x Pay) 17 4mo
+28 LO crossroads 13 4mo
+28 HF Analyst Base 2026 22 4mo
+28 How to return to PE/HF after failing to launch a vehicle of your own 2 3mo
+28 Macro -> Equities or Equities -> Macro 10 2mo
+28 Modern Macro Trading 9 2mo
+27 EB to HF recruiting 15 11mo
+27 Share price/MCAP, what do they actually tell us? 20 10mo
+27 No Traction with HH Email - HF Transition 14 8mo
+27 How can you be a successful healthcare analyst without having a medical background? 14 5mo
+27 Hedge Fund Impossible? 5 4mo
+27 Do On-cycle PE for downside protection? 11 3mo
+27 Reaching out via cold snail mail with a letter + research sample. Thoughts? 21 2mo
+27 Most Attractive Credit HF Seats Today? 34 2mo
+27 Net worth distribution - mid 30s 48 1mo
+27 How long to learn new sectors? 5 1mo
+27 Best Economics? 6 4w
+26 HF or Stay On Sell Side (Kevin Liu p72) 11 11mo
+26 Jane Street getting charged by Indian Regulator for market manipulation 14 11mo
+26 Are there roles in a HF for those who are not ‘in love’ with markets? 13 10mo
+26 EB -> MBA -> HF? 5 9mo
+26 Leaving a bad gig - when is too soon? 6 9mo
+26 PM underperforming, closing my market, zero bonus, likely out of a job soon — advice? 11 6mo
+26 BBG Terminal - How to maximize its use? 10 5mo
+26 What does Blackstone BXMA (BAAM) actually do now? 4 2mo
+26 Moving from Co-Invest / Secondaries to HF 10 4w
+26 advice on raising capital for hedge fund 12 5d
+25 1-person Hedge Fund 23 10mo
+25 Dealing with FOMO and feeling boxed in 2 10mo
+25 Why am I getting cut? 18 8mo
+25 ending up at long/short equity - what to do now? 16 6mo
+25 High Schooler question about HF 23 8mo
+25 Analyst here: Gone Through 2 Senior Pms 1 year. What to do now? 15 7mo
+25 Does the employee fund actually beat the S&P 500? 6 5mo
+25 Big 4 pod offer – thoughts on comp, risk, and downside? 5 4mo
+25 MF vs. HF - Career Decision 12 3mo
+25 New Job. Crazy PM. Feeling Lost. 11 2mo
+25 Comp Offer from Start-Up Fund 8 2mo
+25 ER to HF Tactical Advice 8 1mo
+25 Renege on BB IB for MMHF? 16 3w
+24 To move or not? 9 11mo
+24 Sophomore Summer? 5 10mo
+24 Tier 1 LO, No return, path forward? 16 6mo
+24 HF intellectual capability requirements 24 7mo
+24 Crossover Arms at MM HF 19 4mo
+24 Built a Wordle for Stocks (Wallstreetle), and wanted to know if finance students and professionals would play it 11 5mo
+24 Friends from PE and ER launching a fund. 18 3mo
+24 Does physical fitness help? 15 2mo
+24 When is too late to switch to HF? 7 2mo
+24 Big Law to Quant/HF - fantasy or possible? 14 2mo
+24 New Mentor Q&A 2 3w
+24 % of pods making 9 figures consistently? 29 4d
+24 Do Quantamental roles really exist? 9 2h

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