+48 Taxi Company Case 10 10mo
0 Career Advice for a MM IB Analyst 3 10mo
+95 Career advice needed!!! Wtf do I do???? 56 10mo
+47 In between jobs: HF Q&A 25 10mo
+12 LO vs. SM HF vs. MM HF 8 10mo
+9 Advice on moving my life overseas 1 10mo
+14 Compliance at top hedge fund vs. ops at bulge bracket — what’s the smarter move? 4 11mo
+4 Opinion 9 11mo
+8 Citadel NYC Sponsors? 16 11mo
+16 Investor relations - advice on further moves (London) 8 11mo
+17 Is it worth staying in the HF industry in Los Angeles? 6 11mo
+184 HF Distribution of outcomes - by mid-30s 78 11mo
0 LDN IB --> NYC HF ? 2 12mo
+12 Rates FT @ Top BB vs Intern @ Macro Fund 6 12mo
+1 Sophomore Summer 2 12mo
+18 Violated personal trading policy 3x at a major fund am I cooked? 16 1y
+115 Post-MBA Recruiting At Top Asset Managers / LOs 38 1y
+22 Just started, are these red flags? 19 1y
+17 Breaking in early 30s L/S or ideally LO 12 1y
+428 1st Year Macro HF Analyst: My Macro Framework 65 1y
0 Vol Desks in NYC 1 1y
+6 ESL Investments 0 1y
0 MBA 2+2 Recruiting 1 1y
0 Stevens Capital Management 0 1y
+47 SM to Running Capital? 22 1y
+311 Q&A - HF work and life in NY / LON , HF launch 158 1y
+9 Boston SMs? 14 1y
+6 have you ever seen someone being helped in recruiting bc they started a blog writing about finance? 5 1y
+29 Quant Developer in a pod - career advice 5 1y
+16 Help!!! IB vs HF 7 1y
+10 Path to macro PM? 6 1y
+16 Seeking Advice from people at pods 6 1y
+18 Del 13 1y
+9 Scared of being pigeonholed into consumer debt from 1 1y
+26 EB -> MBA -> HF? 5 1y
+9 Post MBA IB Associate to HF 2 1y
+2 Living in NYC overrated now for HF employees? 6 1y
+20 6-8YOE at sub-scale SM LO going to MBA to change geos, but am i too old? HF Inv 11 1y
+23 Typical Hiring Timeline for Small HF? 17 1y
+28 Post-MBA HF Pivot in 2025 11 1y
+10 23-Year-Old Raising $1.5bn for HF Launch (fmr Open AI) 4 1y
+33 New Grad: fundamentals at citadel securities vs. hedge fund 8 1y
+21 What location to set up pod desk 26 1y
+9 New Grad: fundamentals at citadel securities vs. hedge fund 1 1y
+12 Quant Masters -> Fundamental Equities (US) - Possible? 3 1y
+6 DC, MD, VA area Hedgefunds 8 1y
0 Best Fundamental Shops, Outside NY/SF? 3 1y
0 GPA Cut off for different roles across HF from Undergrad 3 1y
+154 Most Cracked Pedigree You've Seen? 99 1y
+38 Tiger Grandcub Startup HF out of College - Need Advice 18 1y
+45 Bonus for AN1 21 1y
+7 Analyst Comp Expectations - Event Driven 3 1y
+16 Prop vs HF 3 1y
+9 career outlook / feeling stuck 1 1y
0 $Rip$ple$ Effect Asset Management 1 1y
0 Walleye Capital Sophomore Dinner 2 1y
+13 Quickest Way From Mid RX Shop to Appaloosa/Elliott/Knighthead 11 1y
+9 Pre-MBA HF Internship 1 1y
+6 Compensation Expectations 2 1y
+20 Scaled SM or MM FT 4 1y
+9 Advice on Career Path – MIT MFin 1 1y
+7 Baupost Group & Equivalent 8 1y
0 Deleted 4 1y
+11 Comp for Mid Career Embedded Data Scientist in HF 6 1y
+28 What is the best city to pursue quant trading or trading at HF's ? 14 1y
+142 What's left in public equities ex-pods? 41 1y
+13 Columbia Value Investing Program vs Hedge Fund Intern 22 1y
+9 Need help deciding between offers, I am not focused on comp I am focused on experience. 1 1y
+60 Offer Advice - S&T vs HF vs AM 25 1y
+7 IB --> HF // PE 2 1y
+8 HF Interview Preparation from IB 1 1y
+14 Wich master for a fundamental, L/S analyst, non-quant front office analyst role at a Hedge Fund ? 8 1y
+10 Prop Trading versus Fundamental HF Analyst 2 1y
+45 The Culture of Bridgewater 23 1y
+23 Placement into HF from non-BB Large Balance Sheet Banks 19 1y
+25 Breaking into public equity from MM IB 19 1y
+4 MM IB Group Directly to HF? 3 1y
+12 BNP Paribas Tokyo (Equity Structuring) vs. Société Générale NYC (Quant Commodities) – Best Path to Hedge Funds? 4 1y
0 How does UPenn M&T look for Hedge Funds? 4 1y
+25 Top undergrad for quant finance? 9 1y
+28 Is Penn worth $150K in debt for quant/buy-side roles compared to GaTech, UCLA, or Northwestern? 13 1y
+9 Current Sophomore Trying to Break into the Finance Industry - Looking for Advice 1 1y
+63 Can I make the jump? What am I battling? (RIA to HF) 28 1y
+21 M7 MBA to HF w/o finance experience 17 1y
+9 Second Degree to Quant 1 1y
+9 Trader to HF TA? 4 1y
0 Macro Pod Compensation - Differences Across Geographies 2 1y
+9 Need Advice 1 1y
+6 Canyon / Monarch 5 1y
+13 Struggling as a sophomore (Math @ MIT) 2 1y
+10 Comvest Private Debt 9 1y
+1,616 On the Job With Simple As… My Research Process 162 1y
0 EnTrust Global 0 1y
+14 Moving for Seat 5 1y
+19 Prop trader trying to get into whatever fund or firm 4 1y
+20 Bayview asset management 3 1y
+16 High School Senior interested in HF 4 1y
+5 UMich Math vs Northeastern CS 12 1y
0 DE Shaw L/S SA 1 1y
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