+82 Getting into RenTech 65 3y
+82 Stress / pressure at hedge funds 51 13y
+82 Hedge Fund / Managers that Generate 30% per year 51 9y
+82 Q&A: I'm a London-based Distressed Debt Analyst 70 7y
+82 Would you choose Hedge Funds all over again? 47 6y
+82 Q&A: I'm the head trader for a Multi-strat HF 67 3y
+82 Boss/PM tosses heap of personal insults upon resignation 33 6y
+82 Q&A - 3rd Year HF Analyst at Special Situations / Event-Driven Fund 19 4y
+82 London/Europe Buyside 2022 Comp 103 2y
+82 SM Tiger Cub vs. MM - Job Stability 22 1y
+82 Alpha or Alea: The Absolute Role of Luck 32 10mo
+82 Sole analyst at new pod vs 10th analyst at established pod? 28 7mo
+81 I'm f***ing in, you're f***ing out 42 6y
+81 Would you work for a family office? 27 7y
+81 Bridgewater Layoffs - Sign of Troubled Times for HFs? 63 4y
+81 Q&A: Finally made PM @ LS fund 45 3y
+81 Regretting taking MM HF offer out of undergrad 25 1y
+81 Staying optimistic after a terrible earnings season 30 1y
+81 What HFs pay the most for juniors coming from 2+2? 46 1y
+80 Ares Capital Management - Culture, Status, Word on the Street 84 6y
+80 Is short selling ethical? 37 9y
+80 Why are previously successful hedge funds failing? 56 8y
+80 What does it take to work at Citadel Securities? 30 6y
+80 Savings (Early 30s in NYC) 36 3y
+80 On the buy side covering software, how well do you truly understand the technology? 34 6mo
+80 News on Jain Global? 32 1y
+80 Stay Mediocre and Keep $350K at MM HF 36 1y
+80 Net Worth Potential 42 4mo
+79 What is the Shorting "Research" Process 17 9y
+79 How to Make Money in The Market: Providing Liquidity 16 8y
+79 Intellectual horsepower- is it born or can it be improved? 37 7y
+79 Quant hedge fund career progression 33 6y
+79 If you could restart your career, would you still want to work at a HF? 49 5y
+79 Youngest Portfolio Manager You’ve Seen? 58 1y
+79 Q&A: 10 years at event driven / distressed HF 65 3mo
+79 How To Be A GREAT Analyst 24 2w
+78 How to short a corporate bond 39 9y
+78 Do all equity l/s teams work an insane amount? 56 7y
+78 Feeling lost due to lack of guidance/support as a junior analyst 17 6y
+78 Diversity in MM HFs? 22 3y
+78 Is there a better way to read a book? (HF Books) 18 8mo
+78 Those at a HF, do you ever feel like you’re not doing much? 24 7mo
+78 Built $3M Net Worth in Mid/Late 20s - What Next? 48 6mo
+77 How to raise capital to start a hedge fund? 75 9y
+77 BILLIONS - Differences and similaritities between the show and real life. 25 8y
+77 Squarepoint Capital 43 4y
+77 Sup guys, where should I go to school? 55 3y
+77 Got dinged from Citadel for failing the tests 46 2y
+77 How many finance books/textbooks have you read? 31 1y
+77 MM seat with young family 27 1y
+76 How Do You Develop Your Macro View 52 8y
+76 Career trajectory for macro, post Volcker 48 8y
+76 Which HF offer to take? 51 11y
+76 Hedge fund / active manager haterade? 22 5y
+76 Savings from Working at a Hedge Fund 30 5y
+76 Best city to start a hedge fund in 2021 44 5y
+76 Q&A: 3rd+ Year Associate - L/S Hedge Fund 32 5y
+76 Minimum net worth to retire in 30s 44 4y
+75 Transitioning from IB/ER to HF Series - Part 2: Where to Interview and Behaviorals 24 6y
+75 HF forums 58 11y
+75 My heart on my sleeve 41 10y
+75 Top Hedge Fund Gigs Out of Undergrad 81 3y
+75 Jane street suing MLP 54 1y
+75 How to avoid being too analytical? 11 1y
+75 MM unwind? 58 1y
+74 Ask Me Anything : Anon1254 16 5y
+74 DE Shaw SA 2021 224 3y
+74 Leaving for another fund - How to deal with current employer? 34 1y
+74 Drop out of MSF for $200M HF internship 48 4y
+74 Have Shot at HF Job Thanks to Sheer Luck 20 1y
+74 Are we at peak pod shop? 33 2y
+74 Pay progression as QR/QT/MLE at quant shops and HFs 26 2y
+74 How do MMs calculate Sharpe 16 4mo
+74 Pod blew up. PM launching own fund, promising a sleeve + carry. ~$500m AUM already raised. Am I dumb? 38 11mo
+73 Hedge Fund College Recruitment 129 14y
+73 Curious About Hedge Fund Track 47 9y
+73 Pitch Me A Stock 62 8y
+73 GoldenTree 30 3y
+73 MM PM guarantees 36 5y
+73 Q&A - Credit HF Analyst 68 1y
+73 Is Value Investing Outdated? 28 7mo
+72 Ben Graham totally discredits value investing at the end of his career? 51 12y
+72 Path to Quantitative Trader at Hedge Fund 59 1y
+72 Have any of you HF folks made 7 figures? 58 3y
+72 Passing up on a job? 33 4y
+72 How Many of You Think Your Fund is Going to Shut Down? 33 3y
+72 Stable SM analyst to MM PM 39 3y
+72 Would you make this move? 30 3y
+72 Why and how are Hedge Fund Analysts / Portfolio Managers so knowledgable? 27 2y
+71 What do you do when you make a bad investment in your HF job? 24 7y
+71 Point72 Summer Academy vs Top BB IBD Summer 28 4y
+71 HF Analyst - Looking For 3 Years And Can’t Find A New Job? 25 4y
+71 BO got no freaking respect 22 2y
+71 Not sure what to do with my life... 26 2y
+71 Investment principles 33 2w
+71 MM Center Book 24 10mo
+70 You Miss 100% Of The Shots You Don't Take 43 6y
+70 Q&A: distressed debt hedge fund analyst & top 3 MBA 57 4y
+70 Beta Neutral, FActor Constrainted Portfolio 36 2y
+70 Best Multi Manager? 61 2y

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