+63 Thoughts on Diameter, Farallon? 58 1w
+10 Headhunters for SF HFs 2 1w
+61 HF Start-up salary expectation 33 1w
+69 Any insight into Situational Awareness? 110 1w
+12 Hedge Fund Sector Advice 5 2w
+10 Analyst / PM Divide & Trade Book 4 3w
+9 Best opportunistic credit shops in LA? 35 1mo
+16 SF HF Roles 15 1mo
+20 What resources to push/ask PM for? 15 1mo
+49 MFPE to Distressed Debt / Special Situations? 30 1mo
+35 GoldenTree culture? 13 1mo
+15 Is it possible to move from VC to HF? 18 2mo
+33 Thoughts on Harvey Capital Partners and Lane42? 20 2mo
+9 D.E. Shaw Strategic Intelligence 1 2mo
+11 HEC Paris × École Polytechnique Data & Finance with U.S. Green Card: worth it for U.S. hedge funds? 1 2mo
+33 Tell Me I'm Crazy: I Want to Start My Own Financial Advisory Firm 9 2mo
+27 Moving from Co-Invest / Secondaries to HF 10 2mo
+10 Urgent - stay in sellside or move? 3 3mo
+6 Top SM HF/Crossover vs. Founder of YC Startup 5 3mo
+14 Urgent - stay sellside or move to buyside? 3 3mo
+262 The Golden Path (Rx IB --> MF PE --> SM HF) is Paradise 20 4mo
+213 Q&A - Tiger Cub Analyst 109 4mo
+10 How do I transition into Macro Analyst at HF from Macro Risk role 2 4mo
+12 New to HF - Unrealistic Expectations? 1 4mo
+15 Advice for starting my own fund 12 4mo
+9 STEM Master of Finance (MFin) with 6.6 GPA (UQ) | How to bridge the Math Gap for the Programs? 1 4mo
+5 NYC -> California pod??? 3 4mo
+3 College transcript importance for quant 3 4mo
+50 Choosing between MS programs (Data Science/Computational) for quant — need industry perspective 30 5mo
+21 Bloomberg HF News: Commentary RE: Multistrats & Spinouts 2 5mo
+7 Notable Hedge Funds Based in London? 6 5mo
+28 How to return to PE/HF after failing to launch a vehicle of your own 2 5mo
+39 2+2 Candidate HF curious with some concerns 10 5mo
+64 MM HF vs SM Styles (software) 23 6mo
+9 Junior Position at Reinsurance/PRT Investment Team? 2 6mo
+7 P72 vs Tech Banking 16 6mo
+20 Phoenix Learning 7 6mo
+11 How do people get these HF internships? 29 6mo
+25 Sharpe 1.8 good enough? 28 6mo
+93 Bloomberg HF News: Merger Arbs Trying to Launch Beyond Pod Shops 33 7mo
+63 Does doing stock pitches and reading all day earlier on (like in college) create a lasting edge as an investor? 12 7mo
+13 HF/Quant/Buyside Recruitment Prospects - Berkeley Undergrad 7 8mo
+45 TCI Process and work experience? 64 8mo
+17 Is it worth staying in the HF industry in Los Angeles? 6 9mo
+370 The Investment Process -- How to find and develop good ideas (discretionary l/s equity) 40 9mo
+12 Any insights into Bain Capital Corporate Special Sits team 22 9mo
+8 Should I take Point72 SA--breaking into SM HF's? 9 9mo
+28 Good Resources on Convertible Arbitrage 12 10mo
+10 Where to start? Incoming IB Analyst with no Background in Public Markets 4 10mo
+6 ESL Investments 0 10mo
0 Point72 Case Comp 1 10mo
+13 Has anyone heard of Sender Co. & Partners? 8 11mo
+24 Opportunistic across the cap stack HFs 43 11mo
+17 Army Reserves/MM Lifestyle 3 11mo
+273 Q&A: HF out of undergrad, ~5 years later 87 11mo
+15 Could I land a wallstreet trading/quant gig based on my trades? 18 12mo
0 Sophomore Internship 2 12mo
+6 DC, MD, VA area Hedgefunds 8 1y
0 Best Fundamental Shops, Outside NY/SF? 3 1y
+15 Transitioning to SM HF Analyst from LP PE 3 1y
0 Interested in funds on the west coast in LA or SF. What are the work hours? 2 1y
+3 SF Funds 1 1y
+6 SF Based HF? 6 1y
+9 Hedge Fund Kodai Founder Neville Shah Joins Millennium 1 1y
+19 Southern California Hedge Fund guide 16 1y
+195 How do you get into VIC? Please critique my write-up 78 1y
+18 Zegona Communications 6 1y
+15 UAE SWF vs. HF Credit 7 1y
+43 Small SM HF analyst — Career on thin ice after a few missteps 27 1y
0 Thiel Capital 1 1y
+9 Pre-MBA HF Internship 1 1y
+6 Thoughts on Starting Career at ~$300M Hedgefund 2 1y
+74 Leaving for another fund - How to deal with current employer? 34 1y
+28 What is the best city to pursue quant trading or trading at HF's ? 14 1y
+19 LO return offer advice 16 1y
+25 Foreign Opportunities in the HF space 6 1y
+9 Need help deciding between offers, I am not focused on comp I am focused on experience. 1 1y
+3 Thoughts on Sound Point Capital 3 1y
+118 Advice on HF Recruiting 13 1y
+13 KKR Macro & Asset Allocation Interview 6 1y
+14 Wich master for a fundamental, L/S analyst, non-quant front office analyst role at a Hedge Fund ? 8 1y
+8 How competitive are HFs currently on front-running News from X and Truth Social. Have we reached the point of co-location with X data centers? 4 1y
+19 Best consulting 'type' to exit into HF? 9 1y
+23 Placement into HF from non-BB Large Balance Sheet Banks 19 1y
+57 How do you get into VIC? Please critique my write-up 2.0 15 1y
+25 Breaking into public equity from MM IB 19 1y
+25 Top undergrad for quant finance? 9 1y
+3 Dreaming a macro hedge fund, now I am a Sales GTP 3 1y
+14 Atlantic Investment Management Co. 16 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
+5 I broke into a hedge fund without a degree 14 1y
+173 2022: Multi-Manager (Citadel, Point72) vs Single Manager HF (Tiger, Coatue) 68 1y
0 Boutique Macro Firms on West Coast? 1 1y
+25 West Coast / SF based L/S HF 14 1y
+9 Trader to HF TA? 4 1y
0 College Major for HF out of undergrad 3 1y
+4 Woodline Partners 7 1y
+1,612 On the Job With Simple As… My Research Process 162 1y
+8 What is the value of networking for HF / LevFin / Distressed Debt / other non IB (and what firms?) 1 1y

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