Would you recommend a fresh grad to invest the time in quant research/fundamental research?

For a fresh grad, given an option between quant research/fundamental research, how would you recommend investing the time for future career? Non-quant background.

Knowing that a lot of people are quitting finance for tech and the debate between quant and fundamental with research and investment business itself has been on for ages.

Would it be a good idea to diversify the skills beside fundemental to invest better/have better comps along the road? Or you don't think that will be of great help?

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“He was very responsive and prepared for the meeting. He actually read the JD, resume, and looked up linkedin which sometimes other mentors doesn't actually go over those to prepare things beforehand. I appreciate his direct comments I think it saved time and actually helped me to know exactly where to improve. I also appreciated him admitting if he doesn't know about specific HF strategy. Only thing I'd suggest for him is probably sending actionable key takeaways after the meeting because other mentors did and that was very helpful. ”

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