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+52 Becoming a Quant? 26 3y
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+52 Leaving Buyside Job - Am I crazy?? 44 10y
+52 Would you go into a $40 mil long-only equity fund after college? 71 7y
+52 Point72 Accelerated Recruiting 87 6y
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+52 Hedge fund traders/decision makers here? 21 5y
+52 How do you know if a less well-known fund is good? 18 5y
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+52 Millennium Equities Junior Research Analyst Program 93 8mo
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+51 Credit trading vs. Long short credit hedge fund 24 10y
+51 Operations Exit Opps. 27 12y
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+51 What is a Reasonable HF Analyst Bonus in a Bad Year? 24 7y
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+51 HF vs AM Comp and Fee Structure 19 2y
+51 Career Economics / Risk-Reward 18 3y
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+51 London HF / Life / Comp 21 2y
+51 Davidson Kempner, the most secretive of large HFs? 68 2mo
+51 Are there any hedge funds you WOULDN'T work at? 65 1y
+51 Underpaid even @ 7 figures?? 25 2y
+51 What is your relationship like with your PM? 28 11mo
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+50 Hedge Fund Interview Horror Stores / Hedge Fund Managers and Arrogance? 13 5y
+50 For those who landed as a quant with only undergrad degree 23 6y
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+50 What to pay attention to when signing a contract? 12 3y
+50 Difference between Hedge Fund and Prop Shop 25 3y
+50 Fixed Income Focused Hedge Funds 41 3y
+50 Long Term HF recruiting 16 3y
+50 Q&A: Analyst at a Hedge Fund-of-Funds Platform 12 2y
+50 What firms are worth leaving blue chip PE for? 44 5mo
+50 Finance vs Quantitative Finance 19 3y
+50 H/S MBA & recruiting chances from lesser known hedge fund? 23 3y
+50 Undergrad --> MF PE. Next steps? 21 3y
+50 Quant thread 70 1y
+50 What does the HF scene in Dallas look like? 34 2y
+50 Breaking Into Activist Investing 12 2y
+50 The possibilities and limitations of taking vacations in SM L/S HFs 20 2y
+50 Starting a HF 22 1y
+50 Intellectual Stimulation at MMHF’s 15 2d
+50 Millennium Sr PM title? 17 4mo
+49 How to become a great investor?; Finance PhD vs. Finance MBA 49 3y
+49 Starting your own Hedge Fund in college 26 5mo
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