+32 The dillema - a good one 14 6y
+32 Quant Investment Career 26 11y
+32 Wharton or Princeton undergrad for HF? 24 10y
+32 Breaking Into Activism 23 6y
+32 Will setting up a hedge fund be a good idea? 24 6y
+32 BB IB vs top HF for SA 25 10y
+32 Interview Question: What Do Your Parents Do? 23 10y
+32 Top Energy Hedge Funds? 18 8y
+32 Advice for new investors who are looking to allocate capital to hedge funds 22 9y
+32 Most unconventional paths to Hedge Fund that you've seen 21 8y
+32 Distressed Debt Analysis - Moyer 12 5y
+32 Bridgewater vs. D.E. Shaw 8 7y
+32 What exactly is Baupost's investment mandate? 9 4y
+32 Preliminary Interview at Point72 23 6y
+32 Current sponsorship situation by HF/AM after an MBA 8 7y
+32 HF vs PE without experience, which is easier to break in to? 8 6y
+32 Questions for Management 7 7y
+32 idea velocity at fundamental or quant funds 11 6y
+32 GoldenTree culture? 12 11mo
+32 Worst Distressed Trades of the Decade 20 5y
+32 Post Covid Offices 11 5y
+32 HF Analyst - looking for 3 years and can’t find a new job 5 5y
+32 Do you feel like you're discouraged from taking PTO? 18 5y
+32 Quant Research VS Quant Trading 7 5y
+32 Details on Large Tiger Cubs? 27 4y
+32 Comparing Multi-Managers 59 3y
+32 Hedge fund out of undergrad: doable or not? 28 2mo
+32 Moving to a quant fund - Job Market Outlook? 26 3y
+32 How do you evaluate teams at MM firms? 24 5y
+32 Fred Alger 2021? 12 4y
+32 PnL% as an analyst? 45 4y
+32 How did you know you wanted to move from PE to HF? 15 4y
+32 Thoughts on Ellington Management Group? 19 2y
+32 0 withholding on bonus, throwing into the S&P 14 4y
+32 Hedge Fund Hour Expectations 20 4y
+32 Top IB vs Straight to HF 11 3y
+32 Transitioning from IB to AM/HF or Any Market-Oriented Role 8 3y
+32 Why aren't more people getting into fixed income investing over equities? 13 3y
+32 Are SM's worth pursuing anymore? 24 3y
+32 leaving LO for MM ? 24 3y
+32 Can buy-side macro quant strategist roles lead to actually managing money? 11 3y
+32 Prince in need of an advice for universities 36 1y
+32 Pods increasingly asking for Python skills 34 3y
+32 HF not ETFs? 12 2y
+32 Join a fund below water mark? 13 2y
+32 Guarantees at multi managers 2 2y
+32 When do HF analysts take holidays? 10 2y
+32 My dad can't get my a HF job what should I do? 13 2y
+32 Let's get a thread going about MMHF comp progression... 23 2y
+32 Partners Leaving Coatue 22 1y
+32 How fucked am I? 22 2y
+32 DE Shaw Interview 17 1mo
+32 Understanding pod shop leverage & cash usage 3 1y
+32 Advice on Trading Futures for PA 7 1y
+32 Biggest Trade No One Remembers: '09-13 Libor swap OIS discounting + CSA 8 1y
+32 How do you stay motivated given markets are extremely efficient? 10 1y
+32 LO analyst vs MMHF sub-PM 6 1y
+32 MM PM comp - percentiles 9 1y
+32 How are non-quant quant portfolio managers possible? 16 1y
+32 Seeking HF recruiting advice 6 1y
+32 AM to Macro hedge funds - can I get a sense check? 28 1y
+32 First quant job: which offer do I take? 7 1y
+32 Oxford vs Ivy League - US Immigration Issues. Green Card? 27 4w
+32 Point 72 lay off 6 1y
+32 Possible to Like A Job But More as a Personal Project? 8 1y
+32 Revenue and Cost drivers in model? 4 1y
+32 Is it not worth doing HF unless at a pod/mkt neutral shop? 19 1y
+32 Fundamental Analysts at Quant Firms 26 8mo
+32 Taking holiday 2 months in 27 12mo
+32 Any thoughts/color on Arini? 32 11mo
+32 (Help) To tell or not to tell 9 11mo
+32 High schooler curious about IB to HF exit. 15 10mo
+32 Thoughts on Harvey Capital Partners and Lane42? 19 1h
+32 How much to ask? 13 5mo
+32 Balyasny Catalyst 26 3mo
+32 Diameter Departures 34 1mo
+32 Plucked from Obscurity like Burry - a fantasy? 7 1mo
+31 D.E. Shaw Background Check Process - SCREWED? 28 6y
+31 Hollywood Hedge Funds 14 6y
+31 URGENT: Have call with Hedge Fund BSD 28 15y
+31 How realistic is making $500,000 a year working for a hedge fund? 27 7y
+31 NYSE hours from the west coast? 49 6y
+31 Global macro: trading vs. research-focused 9 13y
+31 London Hedge Fund Recruiting 23 6y
+31 CFA® or MBA Hedgefund Manager 20 12y
+31 Black River Asset Management and Cargill funds 19 6y
+31 Fundamental Fixed Income Analysis Techniques? 11 4y
+31 Unconventional Hedge Fund Path 25 9y
+31 Tiger Cub Funds Style 18 11y
+31 Looking for a Mentor... 37 11y
+31 Seeking Alpha authors? 22 12y
+31 Questions from a top NYU undergrad. 26 8y
+31 Distressed HF - professional background for analysts vs PMs 13 6y
+31 L/S Equity Path ? 30 6y
+31 What podcasts do you listen to keep up to date with the markets? 29 9y
+31 D.E. Shaw Internship or IB 15 8y
+31 BB IBD or 1bn L/S Equity Fund? 16 9y
+31 Impact of debt on stock price 12 8y
+31 How to identify strong management team? 7 7y
+31 Disagreements with PM - Best way to diffuse a ticking time bomb? 2 7y

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