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+4 Activist Fivespan 7 5mo
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+41 Any Cool Stories on PM's Side Hustles / PA's? 8 5mo
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+213 Q&A - Tiger Cub Analyst 109 6mo
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+182 Q&A... 7-year Pod Hedge Fund Analyst 52 6mo
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+12 Corbets shakeup? 8 6mo
+18 HF Guys: What do you read? 8 6mo
+65 Who are P72 and Citadel actually looking for? 34 6mo
+9 PB PM to ER Associate (BB) to HF? 1 6mo
0 Point72 Prop Research - FT comp and exits 1 6mo
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+5 Multistrat Credit Book 6 6mo
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+19 Abdiel internship 21 6mo
+3 College transcript importance for quant 3 6mo
+3 Dallas Hedge Funds 3 6mo
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0 Post Case Study MMHF? 2 6mo
+15 Freestone Grove Partners? 18 6mo
+50 Choosing between MS programs (Data Science/Computational) for quant — need industry perspective 30 6mo
+21 Bloomberg HF News: Commentary RE: Multistrats & Spinouts 2 6mo
+34 Hedge fund out of undergrad: doable or not? 28 6mo
+21 Bridgewater IA vs DESCO PT vs Brevan Howard vs MMs (all for Macro) 17 6mo
+12 Struggling with L/S HF Recruitment? 12 6mo
+3 Ruane Cunniff (Sequoia Fund) First Round Interview - What to Expect? 3 6mo
0 What is the best accounting and bookkeeping software that can be used at an affordable cost? 2 6mo
+108 Thoughts on Abdiel Capital? 78 6mo
+6 Private Equity vs L/S Hedge Fund Investing 1 6mo
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0 1789 Capital 0 7mo
+9 ER at BB or IB at lower middle market bank 5 7mo
+7 What if you don't include a pitch in the initial networking email? 5 7mo
+40 Anything on Citadel Credit? 26 7mo
+6 hf possibilities out of undergrad 4 7mo
+16 What Skills Separate a Good Hedge Fund Analyst From a Great One? 6 7mo
+10 Headhunter call 2 7mo
+27 Do On-cycle PE for downside protection? 11 7mo
+2 Best semi/infra HF/PMs? 5 7mo
0 Quant --> HF 3 7mo
+21 Any thoughts on Bracebridge Capital? 17 7mo
+7 Notable Hedge Funds Based in London? 6 7mo
+21 Starting career in event driven pod 7 7mo
0 Does Point72 send rejection emails or ghost after coach round? 1 7mo
+6 ECM role at HF - how’s the pay? 8 7mo
+39 Hedge Fund Grad Struggles 11 7mo
+38 MMHF L/S Tiers 32 7mo
+48 IB > PE > HF? 19 7mo
+6 Point72/Citadel COO/Business manager role 1 7mo
+21 Napier Park Global Capital 7 7mo
+31 Harassment at work 10 7mo
+28 How to return to PE/HF after failing to launch a vehicle of your own 2 7mo
+4 IR at a HF a good career over IB? (Rokos) 9 7mo
+9 Abrams Bison 11 7mo
0 Full-time jump from ER to HF 1 7mo
+2 How are you spending your bonus? 7 7mo
+22 Secure job making $500k/year vs. MM pod analyst 31 7mo
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