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+33 Hedge Fund Operations Role Good Place to Start After Undergrad? 10 6y
+33 Point72 Canvas FRG 14 5y
+33 Assessing management teams - what makes them "good"? 3 3y
+33 Finance/Tech Comp Equalization? 14 4y
+33 New Grad: fundamentals at citadel securities vs. hedge fund 8 1y
+33 Aren’t we all Value Investors? 10 2y
+33 Anyone Know Anything About Point72 Modeling Tests? 42 9mo
+32 Worst Distressed Trades of the Decade 20 6y
+32 Why aren't more people getting into fixed income investing over equities? 13 3y
+32 Comparing Multi-Managers 59 3y
+32 Seeking HF recruiting advice 6 2y
+32 What exactly is Baupost's investment mandate? 9 4y
+32 Worth Joining a Small Hedge Fund? 20 2mo
+32 Energy Equities and Brent Disconnect 13 15y
+32 Are SM's worth pursuing anymore? 24 3y
+32 How to become an HF capital raiser? 24 14y
+32 Small Hedge Funds 50 14y
+32 0 withholding on bonus, throwing into the S&P 14 4y
+32 Post Covid Offices 11 6y
+32 AM to Macro hedge funds - can I get a sense check? 28 2y
+32 My dad can't get my a HF job what should I do? 13 3y
+32 LO analyst vs MMHF sub-PM 6 1y
+32 How did you know you wanted to move from PE to HF? 15 4y
+32 Partners Leaving Coatue 22 1y
+32 What's up with the tech stocks? 14 12y
+32 Quant Investment Career 26 11y
+32 Hedge fund internship - No experience 33 6y
+32 How are non-quant quant portfolio managers possible? 16 2y
+32 Can buy-side macro quant strategist roles lead to actually managing money? 11 3y
+32 Wharton or Princeton undergrad for HF? 24 11y
+32 Thoughts on Ellington Management Group? 19 3y
+32 BB IB vs top HF for SA 25 10y
+32 When do HF analysts take holidays? 10 3y
+32 Interview Question: What Do Your Parents Do? 23 10y
+32 Advice for new investors who are looking to allocate capital to hedge funds 22 10y
+32 How do you evaluate teams at MM firms? 24 5y
+32 $1.5-2mm Bonuses? 20 6y
+32 First quant job: which offer do I take? 7 1y
+32 Transitioning from IB to AM/HF or Any Market-Oriented Role 8 3y
+32 Join a fund below water mark? 13 3y
+32 MM PM comp - percentiles 9 2y
+32 Let's get a thread going about MMHF comp progression... 23 2y
+32 Understanding pod shop leverage & cash usage 3 2y
+32 HF Analyst - looking for 3 years and can’t find a new job 5 6y
+32 Top Energy Hedge Funds? 18 8y
+32 D.E. Shaw Internship or IB 15 8y
+32 How much to ask? 13 9mo
+32 Plucked from Obscurity like Burry - a fantasy? 7 5mo
+32 DE Shaw Interview 17 4mo
+32 Most unconventional paths to Hedge Fund that you've seen 21 8y
+32 Advice on Trading Futures for PA 7 2y
+32 leaving LO for MM ? 24 3y
+32 HF vs PE without experience, which is easier to break in to? 8 6y
+32 Moving to a quant fund - Job Market Outlook? 26 4y
+32 Biggest Trade No One Remembers: '09-13 Libor swap OIS discounting + CSA 8 2y
+32 Anyone heard of Novus Partners? 33 8y
+32 Point 72 lay off 6 1y
+32 Distressed Debt Analysis - Moyer 12 5y
+32 Top IB vs Straight to HF 11 4y
+32 Current sponsorship situation by HF/AM after an MBA 8 8y
+32 Taking holiday 2 months in 27 1y
+32 (Help) To tell or not to tell 9 1y
+32 The dillema - a good one 14 6y
+32 Breaking Into Activism 23 6y
+32 Will setting up a hedge fund be a good idea? 24 6y
+32 PnL% as an analyst? 45 4y
+32 Possible to Like A Job But More as a Personal Project? 8 1y
+32 Questions for Management 7 7y
+32 Bridgewater vs. D.E. Shaw 8 7y
+32 How to Know if HF L/S industry is for me? Wealth Management instead? Feel lost 8 2y
+32 Pods increasingly asking for Python skills 34 3y
+32 Details on Large Tiger Cubs? 27 5y
+32 HF not ETFs? 11 3y
+32 Fundamental Analysts at Quant Firms 26 11mo
+32 Fred Alger 2021? 12 4y
+32 Balyasny Catalyst 32 1mo
+32 Hedge Fund Hour Expectations 20 4y
+32 Quant Research VS Quant Trading 7 5y
+32 Noob Value Investing Questions 39 7y
+32 Revenue and Cost drivers in model? 4 1y
+32 Del del del del sell buy sell . 15 1y
+32 Preliminary Interview at Point72 23 7y
+32 Prince in need of an advice for universities 36 1y
+32 Guarantees at multi managers 2 3y
+32 How fucked am I? 22 2y
+32 Do you feel like you're discouraged from taking PTO? 18 5y
+32 idea velocity at fundamental or quant funds 11 7y
+32 Is it not worth doing HF unless at a pod/mkt neutral shop? 19 1y
+32 How do you stay motivated given markets are extremely efficient? 10 2y
+31 Distressed HF - professional background for analysts vs PMs 13 6y
+31 How to adjust to Hedge Fund culture 9 4y
+31 How important is modelling to investing in reality 11 4y
+31 Hedge Fund getting acquired? 12 4y
+31 Balyasny reputation 31 2y
+31 Impact of debt on stock price 12 8y
+31 Wharton MBA to Hedge Funds 14 3y
+31 Is $60K Base + 25% Sales Commission + 5% Equity a good compensation package for a Hedge Fund Sales Director? 4 6y
+31 Recruiting diverse associates 6 3y
+31 How to handle Frustration and short-fuse at work 14 3y

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