+15 Which Do You Prefer R or Python? 18 4y
+15 Interest in buyside growth modeling guide and example (from an analyst)? 1 4y
+15 Best distressed trades of the decade thread? 5 4y
+15 Fx forwards liquidity 9 4y
+15 "What do you want to buy today?" 11 4y
+15 Quitting as a junior/mid-level due to seniors/heads being remote for the foreseeable future?? 7 4y
+15 Quitting in 3 months. Signing/Relocation Clawback? 2 4y
+15 Citadel GQS 1 4y
+15 I somehow got a MM HF internship, please help? 2 4y
+15 Voyager global 19 3y
+15 Mid-30s Career Change 3 4y
+15 Corp Dev vs Hedge Funds? 1 4y
+15 5QQQ - 5X Leveraged QQQ 10 4y
+15 Track record requirements for PM positions 15 4y
+15 Women's Networking in HF Industry 4 4y
+15 PM question: what are you trying to express? 1 4y
+15 How do you know if public equity is really what you want? 8 4y
+15 Value Investors, What's Your Discount Rate? 5 4y
+15 Getting up to speed on TMT / Consumer 6 4y
+15 Market check on compensation 14 4y
+15 Are HFs a Good Place to Start a Career? 2 4y
+15 I need your advice - please help 5 4y
+15 PE to HF 1 4y
+15 How do you do salary negotations? 11 4y
+15 Revenue Sharing for Seeding 7 4y
+15 Hedge Fund Skillset & Day-to-Day 3 4y
+15 Quant Strat to Front office money management 2 3y
+15 ML SWE to finance. Is it feasible? 3 3y
+15 Types of “arbitrages”/inefficiencies (non quant) 26 3y
+15 Venture capital darlings that grew during the last bull run and IPO'd in the last 2-3 years - please name any you can think of in this thread! 2 3y
+15 How important is being good at accounting? 7 3y
+15 Interview Pitch 8 3y
+15 How many investment professionals at Pershing Sq? 29 2y
+15 What should trade at a higher multiple: a fast food chain that owns its stores or franchises? 13 3y
+15 Is anyone following the Jake Freeman Saga 12 3y
+15 Joining new PM at a MM 9 3y
+15 Wellington Early Investors Program 21 3y
+15 Stress Level in a Systematic vs Discretionary Fund 2 3y
+15 Bad look to cold email HF to see if they have internship opps? 13 3y
+15 Sr Analyst @ SM L/S - interviewing after 3 YOE 6 3y
+15 DE Shaw Fundamentals SA Invitation to Apply Email 2 3y
+15 HF Recruiting from PE 1 3y
+15 Lifestyle of successful PMs 13 3y
+15 The standard required to work in a global macro hedge fund 8 3y
+15 Low AUM after 15 years - red flag? 7 3y
+15 Questions about Trading roles at Macro HF (e.g. Citadel Global Fixed Income) 4 3y
+15 Megafund credit arms 3 3y
+15 Career progression: L/S Equity vs Prop Trading vs IBD 0 3y
+15 PhD & tips for portfolio manager career 3 2y
+15 Intelligent Questions to Ask PM / CIO for Lateral Mid-Level HF Roles 15 3y
+15 Commodities across platforms 6 3y
+15 MM L/S investing - single stock alpha vs sector bets 1 3y
+15 What’s your market outlook? 11 3y
+15 Feeling lost in front of the extent of the knowledge necessary to be a good Equity Analyst 4 3y
+15 Trying to make a great impression. Coffee chat with smaller hedge fund. 4 3y
+15 How to make it clear to someone at work that I want to join their team? 2 3y
+15 LO funds discrimination against HF analysts 10 3y
+15 How to get into a global macro HF? 7 3y
+15 Workstation / Monitor Setup 5 3y
+15 10 Years from now this bear market will likely be viewed as a speed bump. Change my mind 4 3y
+15 Can new PMs hire analysts from their previous HF? 10 3y
+15 Citadel Associate Program Quality vs. BB/EB summer analyst 26 2y
+15 market neutral / systematic credit resources 3 3y
+15 Advice: Moving from MF PE to SM HF (London) 8 3y
+15 Breaking into HF from VP IBD 7 2y
+15 Analyst to PM timeline? 12 3y
+15 Best L/S Equity Seats 18 3y
+15 % PnL for Longs Vs. Shorts 5 1y
+15 Graham Capital Management? 9 2y
+15 Path to Hedge Fund 14 2y
+15 Which MM platform will be at par with Point72/Millennium/Citadel/BAM in 5 years? 13 10mo
+15 Stay in UMM / MF PE or leave for Activist HF 13 2y
+15 HF vs GE ( 11 2y
+15 Citadel Associate / P72 Comp 59 2y
+15 Consensus? 4 2y
+15 WLB as an associate at HF and trajectory thereafter - how easy is it to start a family / spend time with family outside of work? 1 2y
+15 Will hedge fund wait for candidate with non compete(middle/back office role) 6 2y
+15 Fixed Income AM 6 2y
+15 Moving from a large pureplay credit HF to a more cross capital structure seat 2 2y
+15 Sixth Street Fundamental Strategies 14 2y
+15 Non competes 9 2y
+15 Recruiting for HF 1 2y
+15 Post Update - Selling Algorithms to HFs 3 2y
+15 How do you assess pods at MMs during interview phase? 8 2y
+15 Base salary vs inflation 8 2y
+15 Activist hedge fund - How does the life of an Analyst look like? 3 2y
+15 Leaving small HF for FO? 1 2y
+15 Recruiters are not negotiators 12 2y
+15 Relationship policies for significant other in same group at different firm 7 2y
+15 Best Place to Find Open Roles 1 2y
+15 Point72 - Cognitive Tests + Modeling Test (Pre-Interview) | London 5 2y
+15 How Do Hedge Funds Impact Companies? 3 2y
+15 Credit HF to Asset Manager? 2 2y
+15 Career advice - current AM -> HF? 5 1y
+15 HF Dta Science Career Trajectory 7 2y
+15 Bloomberg Tips/Hacks/Recs 7 2y
+15 MMHF —> Activist 10 2y
+15 MM - PMs hopping 5 2y
+15 Getting pushed out - messaging advice 1 2y
+15 Quarter Life Cross Roads 5 2y

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.2%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.2%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.6%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.2%
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