+63 Culture at Bridgewater as bad as "The Fund" portrays it? (curious to hear from ex-Bridgewater employees) 19 2y
+63 Sector focus vs generalist 28 1y
+63 Does doing stock pitches and reading all day earlier on (like in college) create a lasting edge as an investor? 12 5mo
+63 Too old for next job? 28 2mo
+62 Hedge Fund Interview Guide BETA is LIVE! 7 8y
+62 No Girls Allowed-Steve Cohen 19 8y
+62 Citadel's Surveyor Capital PM Jack Woodruff to start his own firm 16 6y
+62 Life as a CLO Analyst + Career Progression 16 1y
+62 Hedge Fund Role Post-MBA 15 1y
+62 Will L/S Hedge Funds Be Around In 10 Years? 33 4y
+62 How to mentally relax yourself from markets and avoid burnout? 18 4y
+62 I landed my dream job at a HF and was axed within a year. Now what? 40 3y
+62 Surviving the Bear market 21 4y
+62 As the tech bubble is bursting now, which sectors (Financials, Industrials, Energy etc.) are likely to be more important in the next 10 years? 31 4y
+62 Best pitches (stocks, bonds, loans, etc.) you've seen? 11 3y
+62 Has your job influenced your personality? 21 2y
+62 Demystify systematic macro? 23 2y
+62 Anyone do modeling for their personal investments? 163 10mo
+62 Verition 35 8mo
+61 Incubator Hedge Funds 49 4y
+61 S&T or Research for future hedge fund career 26 12y
+61 Why does everyone hate hedge funds? 35 13y
+61 Great Interview Questions to Reveal Quality Applicants 28 12y
+61 Hedge fund firing rates 23 6y
+61 Starting in top BB IBD vs HF ($1bn+) 26 11y
+61 Are Hedge funds losing their shine? 28 5y
+61 Burned out HF guy, what are my exit options 33 7y
+61 Buy-side quant work from Georgetown undergrad? 44 4y
+61 Why don’t hedge funds liquidate their positions in a recession? 23 5y
+61 Active Management Crushed Quants This Year (per BB) 34 5y
+61 Hardest hedge fund technical questions 26 4y
+61 Winning PM disposition, skills, and habits 13 3y
+61 How long does your research process take? 12 3y
+61 L/S analyst feeling stuck mid-career 24 2y
+61 Strongest crossover investors going into 2024 47 7mo
+61 Balyasny turmoil 46 9mo
+61 Today's market drawdown vs. other periods 16 1y
+60 Chipotle / Kohl's 38 6y
+60 Boston - Tell me more 48 6y
+60 HF Cars 43 6y
+60 Prestige of P72 23 8y
+60 Would you quit your Hedge fund gig if your boss has emotional mood swings? 45 6y
+60 Hustling into Algo/HF (Quant) 21 5y
+60 Is joining Point72 social suicide for joining other firms? 26 7y
+60 Is Anton Kreil's HF salary and trajectory data BS? 14 2y
+60 Raising Capital--Track Record? 47 5y
+60 HF/Am Analyst vs PM 22 3y
+60 IB vs. HF out of undergrad 40 5y
+60 Thoughts on Diameter, Farallon? 51 2y
+60 Year End Performance Numbers? 80 4y
+60 Why do people give their money to Hedge Funds ? 69 4y
+60 Fed up AF with my PM 22 3y
+60 Should I interview for a top HF? 28 3y
+60 why does viking like wday? 45 1y
+60 What are pod shops looking for, to generate alpha? 23 10mo
+60 Index (equity) futures or index (equity) ETF's ? 12 1y
+59 David Tepper Personally Earns $4 Billion for 2009 Performance 26 6y
+59 Dealing with PM (equities) who is trying to limit your progress 16 7y
+59 What's so attractive about joining an MM HF these days? 33 4y
+59 (CELH) Celsius Holdings: a massive fraud ? 32 4y
+59 Would you rather hire a junior out of IB or LO AM? 21 3y
+59 KKR/APO/BX vs. Tiger Global 54 2y
+59 Are small-cap tech stocks mostly a dead end? 46 3y
+59 Understanding Concensus & Differentiated View 19 2y
+59 Best Possible Position vs Best At What You Do 15 2y
+59 Best finance podcasts out there 31 1y
+58 Entry Level Hedge Fund Salary 41 8y
+58 How Good of an Investor/Port Manager Can One Be Without Quant Skills? 37 15y
+58 Moving between hedge funds 31 7y
+58 Distressed Debt Investing Is really lucrative 26 10y
+58 Looking for seed money but no idea on the how/what/who 46 4y
+58 Merger Arb/Risk Arb? 14 5y
+58 How is AQR Doing? What are the long-term career prospects? 35 5y
+58 Need help sizing up new offer as 1st year analyst at L/S HF 24 5y
+58 Credit/Special-situation HF performance this year? 51 5y
+58 Leaving SM? 35 5y
+58 AI in fundamental investing 21 5y
+58 First time PM - Now What? 21 5y
+58 Who are the investors in hedge funds and why do they do it? 18 5y
+58 Macro Folks: Why didn't COVID cause a 94/02/08 Style Crisis? 27 3y
+58 Fred Alger 2022 and general questions? 27 1y
+58 What do you guys think of the female analysts you work with in HF 18 3y
+58 Looking for a Fund Manager to partner with to start a new fund. 28 2y
+58 Distressed Credit Dead? 10 1y
+57 Hedge Fund Internships - Uncommon to get an offer? 81 10y
+57 Hedge Fund Seed Deals 38 7y
+57 Developing a Macro Perspective 19 10y
+57 Are small cap hedge funds worth it? 40 6y
+57 Showtime's "Billions" - What are your thoughts? 58 9y
+57 Hedge Fund as the 1st job out of undergrad 31 9y
+57 Breaking it into the hedge fund industry in Toronto 16 6y
+57 Black list from BB for taking HF offer? 20 6y
+57 Offer Advice - S&T vs HF vs AM 25 1y
+57 Hedge Fund Lawyers 26 1y
+57 Where will I learn more? Single PM or larger firm? 25 4y
+57 Any ideas on what I should do? 14 4y
+57 Breaking into the Buy-Side from High School 33 4y
+57 Millennium Equities Junior Research Analyst Program 97 11mo
+57 Please Help me understand the medallion fund 41 3y
+57 Received Offer from MM HF out of undergrad ... wondering about career trajectory 19 2y

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