Bridgewater Investment Engineer vs. Weiss AM Quant vs. Optiver QT vs. SIG QT vs. Citadel QT.

Which would be best for career growth and progression over next 5 years? Internship vs fulltime, pay, learning rate, WLB, etc. Am a 2028 grad looking for difference between hedge fun quant and market making qt

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No chance you have an offer from all 4 of these and are trying to decide between them, so focus on getting one or two in-hand first. They're all great seats, Weiss AM being fairly different than the other 3. All of them would be great places to start. 

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If you were to compare and contrast, how would one decide among them? I know its bad to think about things before you even get something, but I was curious as I want to see what I should recruit for next year

 

Dude go to school then you're literally 3 years away from this being a relevant conversation and frankly have no idea wtf you're going to want to do when you graduate. 

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