West Coast Hedge Funds?
What are the top hedge funds on the west coast? I know working market hours would be brutal from the WC but just curious how prominent the HF scene is out there. Thanks!
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Farallon and Route One come to mind. I believe Lone Pine has a small office in SF too.
SF: Farallon, Route One, Park Presidio, Valiant, ValueAct, PFM, Light Street, Dorsal, SOMA, SCGE
LA: Canyon, Beach Point (credit), Empyrean
Do you have any info on dorsal? Reputation, culture, performance
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How is Beach Point?
Soma? Is that different from the growth shop?
All the well known MM have SF Offices: Millennium, Citadel, Balyasny, P72.
How do pod guys in SF/LA cope with consistently waking up so early? Not like they can just leave at 1 PM when markets close on east coast since they need to do extra work after hours like all the pod guys here in NYC do till 7-8 PM
sleeping from 8/830pm to 4/430am is not THAT bad. like yes that's an early bed time but it's not THAT crazy. if you don't need a full 8 hours, 9pm to 4am is a perfectly solid lifestyle. I guess if you're in your early to mid 20s that might suck. but if you're over 30 or even late 20s (past the "going out all the time" phase of your life) it's really no big deal at all. plus, on west coast, the probability that you get to enjoy your evening is higher than east coast.
many just wake up 4:30-5am, get in office by 6am to discuss w/ team before the open. know some who work remote the first few hours and get into office around 7 or 8am after the open too. for guys who have younger kids, they can usually sleep around 9pm and get their 7 hours.
most leave between 4-6pm, are home for dinner. not the best and brutal if you're more junior, but know some more senior folks with kids who prefer these hours
Thanks to the both of you, that makes sense, definitely appealing if you have kids. But what time do they arrive home if they leave the office by peak rush hour at 4-6 PM in SF/LA?
it varies depending on the shop (Citadel analysts on average work longer hours than Baly/Schonfeld/Verition analysts) and more importantly depending on your PM's workstyle (some PMs care about office face time / the team being together IRL, some don't give two shites and don't mind you doing some of your work from home and some of your work from the office). 'rush hour' is not too terribly hard to navigate if you work in sf and live in sf proper - it's a little trickier if you live in the east bay, marin, or the peninsula. can't speak to LA but i'd imagine the driving sucks lol
Woodline
Freestone grove, citadel spinoff
Work in progress. Freestone is a pass through so they're on a hiring binge. Probably easiest seat in SF to get if you have worked at another HF and want to relocate to SF.
Any insights on culture?
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