+29 FI Pod Analyst 8 1y
+29 Quant Developer in a pod - career advice 5 1y
+1 Does equity and credit HF pods have the same drawdown limits? 13 1y
+6 Sell side for equities needs to be laid off - they add zero value 18 1y
+35 HF after $100M Startup? 25 1y
+6 Delete 17 1y
0 Structured Products Hedge Fund 1 1y
+5 What’s the best way to learn the skills necessary to succeed at a credit HF? 2 1y
+12 Coliseum Capital 8 1y
0 CFA or CIPM or CAIA??? 24 1y
+15 King's College London - Target for Unemployment 7 1y
+16 Help!!! IB vs HF 7 1y
+20 Quant Research 9 1y
+10 Path to macro PM? 6 1y
0 Deleted 1 1y
+3 Hedge Fund "Infrastructure" Roles 4 1y
0 How to find start-up funds 2 1y
0 Point72 BO (MI/Canvas) Salary Progression 1 1y
+29 Software revenue build - Stuck 22 1y
+3 Walleye Capital 0 1y
+1 Point72 Academy (Experienced Hire) – Good Move to Pivot from Quant to Fundamental L/S? 2 1y
+30 Millennium London grad programme with UBS 122 1y
+15 re-recruiting/FT recruiting for HFs 7 1y
+16 Seeking Advice from people at pods 6 1y
+30 Wars between Hedge Funds/PMs 9 1y
+15 What happened to Neil Chriss? 4 1y
+37 Valuation & Discretionary Global Macro Investing 7 1y
+23 L/S Pitch during Interview 10 1y
+6 Recruiting for MMHFs 1 1y
+24 Opportunistic across the cap stack HFs 43 1y
0 MLP Sector Specialist Internship 1 1y
+18 Del 13 1y
+3 Are Fundamental PMs Allowed to day-trade the portfolio at Multi-Manager funds? 6 1y
0 SIG Quantitative assessment 2 1y
+9 Buy Side Application Guidance 2 1y
+30 Catalur Capital 19 1y
+3 What is ‘loving’ markets & stocks? 1 1y
+6 Pod churn at big MMs 2 1y
+15 Is now the time to do industrials as a sector vs tech/healthcare? 11 1y
0 CAP internship vs CAP grad recruiting? 1 1y
+12 Goldentree Culture 16 1y
0 How to actually recruit for hedge funds? 1 1y
+9 Scared of being pigeonholed into consumer debt from 1 1y
0 Bridgewater Online Assessment 1 1y
+28 Has Anyone Here Left A Relatively Cushy UMM / MF PE Seat To Pursue MM HF Work Instead? 8 1y
+22 Short Stock Pitch - Prep 4 1y
+9 SM HF that still does channel check / extensive DD? 3 1y
+3 KKR employee trading policy? 4 1y
+15 Macro RV edge? 9 1y
+3 Generalist Vs Specialist in Global Macro? 1 1y
+17 Army Reserves/MM Lifestyle 3 1y
+26 EB -> MBA -> HF? 5 1y
0 Statar Capital 3 1y
+6 Citadel int equities HR round 9 1y
+9 Post MBA IB Associate to HF 2 1y
+10 Any insight into Exoduspoint London? 10 1y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Salary & Bonus - Macro Data 1y
+10 Pod shop spin offs 8 1y
+9 ckj 1 1y
+6 How many wealthy people do you know who got rich from HFs? 1 1y
+16 Is it easier to burn out in PE or HF? 8 1y
0 Point72 - Review - Generalist Data 1y
0 Are MMs done recruiting for summer 2027? 1 1y
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Review - Quantitative Data 1y
0 Millennium - Review - Technology Data 1y
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Data 1y
0 Dualitas Capital 4 1y
+16 P72 case study - holy shit 7 1y
+12 Long/Short vs Convertible Arbitrage 1 1y
+5 What are some SM funds that have MM features? 15 1y
+16 Average Interview Process for Mid-Career Analyst in Semi-Niche Strategy 4 1y
+17 Any juniors worrying about options if HF doesn't work out? 5 1y
+2 Living in NYC overrated now for HF employees? 6 1y
0 Received offer from 4-8bn L/S SM with 1 YOE. Is my comp fair? 10 1y
+129 PM is a nightmare 63 1y
0 Post Superday 2 1y
+18 SWE in FAANG to Quant 10 1y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Interview - Research Data 1y
+43 Energy Pod Thesis Example 11 1y
+3 Private Special Sits to Public Special Sits? 2 1y
+10 Do you NEED IB for HF? (Looking for a more thoughtful role) 2 1y
+24 What does “you are not a good fit” mean? 15 1y
+1 Thoughts on Candlestick Capital? 3 1y
+15 Viking Global - Salary & Culture - London 18 1y
+20 6-8YOE at sub-scale SM LO going to MBA to change geos, but am i too old? HF Inv 11 1y
+35 Market guarantees - PM/Sr Analyst for top MMs 23 1y
+42 multiple headhunters all suggesting same firm 11 1y
+4 Long-Only Fund Internship 5 1y
+23 Typical Hiring Timeline for Small HF? 17 1y
+11 is anyone familiar with Gladstone Capital? 11 1y
+3 Toronto Hedge Funds? 1 1y
0 HF Superday Behavioral Interview 1 1y
0 HF Internship Recruiting 1 1y
+7 Thoughts on Longaeva? 11 1y
+9 Resources for learning macro for rates vol? 1 1y
+273 Q&A: HF out of undergrad, ~5 years later 87 1y
0 MO HF dress code? 1 1y
+22 Help stock pitching 4 1y
0 Elliott activity 1 1y
0 Describe L/S SM seats or firms or that you WOULD want to be at today or younger people in your network at SMs who have thrived recently 1 1y

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