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+25 HF Headcount (Is Third Point Normal?) 11 6y
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+25 Typical offer for PM at MMs 14 2y
+25 Foreign Opportunities in the HF space 6 1y
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+25 Work/life balance on buyside 10 5y
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+25 L/S Tiger Cub in Asia to London L/S 9 5y
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+25 Idiot Question - Help me understand risk 7 2y
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+25 Who is today's equivalent of Julian Robertson 31 3y
+25 2am rant 12 3y
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+25 Red Flags in a PM 25 2y
+25 Deleted thread 8 5mo
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+25 Change of control affect debt 12 6y
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+25 Econ PhD says HF life easier than academia 7 6y
+25 Back Office Position in a Hedge Fund 27 3y
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+25 Dealing with FOMO and feeling boxed in 2 1y
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+25 At What Point Does Not Having an Advanced Degree Stop Mattering for Biotech? 13 3y
+25 Compensation at Long Only Fund 14 6y
+25 Top MBA or go straight to HF from sell-side research 5 6y
+25 Generalist vs. specialist early career 8 1y
+25 Investor relation at hedge funds 15 4y
+25 Career earnings McKinsey vs $2-5bn SM 14 3y
+25 Predicament going into Sophomore year 10 3y
+25 % of pods making 9 figures consistently? 31 3mo
+25 Sharpe 1.8 good enough? 28 9mo
+25 Is it true that HF base salary stagnates through all the "analyst" years? 30 4y
+25 Negotiating small hedge fund offer 8 3y
+25 Treasury basis trade 9 3mo
+25 Best to sell strongest or weakest stocks now? 11 6y
+25 Big 4 pod offer – thoughts on comp, risk, and downside? 5 9mo
+25 Have people on this forum lost their minds? 20 3y
+25 Any R course recommendations? 14 2y
+25 How to Think About Insider Selling 7 4y
+25 Opportunities after MM HF Career 13 2y
+25 HF in EMEA 27 9mo
+25 Why is 75% of this forum MM HF trolls? 10 3y
+25 Am I cooked HF hopeful, unconventional cool background 11 2y
+25 Breaking into public equity from MM IB 19 1y
+25 How important is the location of a hedge fund? 12 6y
+24 Hedge funds can now advertise 15 13y
+24 To move or not? 9 1y
+24 Macro/Microecon needed? 38 11y
+24 Big Law to Quant/HF - fantasy or possible? 14 7mo
+24 Future for Staying in Long / Short Investing? 12 5y
+24 Working for Free - Doing Value Added Work as an Undergrad 7 8y
+24 Beating a Dead Horse with a New Stick 1 8y
+24 Well....there goes the US Economy. Hard Landing Incoming 7 3y
+24 Help with Hedge Fund Recruiting Approach 5 8y
+24 Buyside Research Analysts - What blogs/newsletters do you regularly read? 13 8y
+24 Smartest buyside firms? 19 3y
+24 Top quartile returns in HF space 13 5y
+24 I'm in MF PE. How do I get to LO? (thru HF?) 13 2y
+24 Sub-PM / PM Negotiations & Career Advice 4 3y
+24 Macro in NYC vs. London 11 2y
+24 Does interest rate vol impact bond prices? 10 6y
+24 Do you enjoy hedge fund culture? 25 5y
+24 HF Strategies protected from quants 17 5y
+24 Pershing Square ? 31 4y
+24 Where to recruit SA 2025 6 2y
+24 Distressed Fund Exit To Equity Investing Possible? 13 6y
+24 IB v.s. ER for Hedge Fund Dreams 8 3y
+24 Sr. Analyst Comp for New Activist Fund 7 11mo

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