Transitioning from a LO fund

Had a convo with a recruiter this week, told me the chances of an analyst transitioning from LO to L/S was slim to none. For context I joined a midsized house straight out of uni and have been covering the healthcare and chemicals sectors for them for the past 4 years, I keep a track record of my recommendations. Shorts have a good hit rate and sharpe ratio, my longs are pretty average. Kind of coming to the realisation I might have wasted some prime years at a substandard fund and made myself unmarketable to a lot of funds out there. Anyone have any suggestions for me?

 

False. You have plenty of opportunity to go to a MM pod shop if you want. They are always recruiting.

Btw … Not that It matters, but when you mean shorts you mean sell recs that have generated alpha?

 

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