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+147 What makes a superstar? 56 1y
+136 Hedge Funds still a "Tier 1" career? 82 1y
+12 Pod Shop Negativity.. 8 1y
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+11 Schultze Asset Management Insight? 3 1y
+39 Short Idea for L/S Interview 27 1y
+15 POST MBA-IB Role to MM HF 8 1y
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0 S&T to HF PM path 2 1y
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+3 Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing 1 1y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Salary & Bonus - Macro Data 1y
+25 1-person Hedge Fund 23 1y
+9 Avoid Losing Interest 2 1y
+18 Do quant PMs at MM HFs start out as traders or researchers? 9 1y
+3 DST and Vy 1 1y
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+10 Expressing Interest at Pod Shops 3 1y
+6 Farallon Sophomore Internship 11 1y
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+9 Hedge Fund Kodai Founder Neville Shah Joins Millennium 1 1y
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+3 Applying to a HF for FT positions mid internship 6 1y
+7 Man Group performance 4 1y
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+5 Compensation question for central book quants 6 1y
+3 How realistic is becoming a hedge fund billionaire nowadays? 20 1y
+6 Need Help w/ L/S Pitching to Get on VIC 1 1y
+26 Jane Street getting charged by Indian Regulator for market manipulation 14 1y
+19 Southern California Hedge Fund guide 16 1y
0 D.E. Shaw Reference Checks 3 1y
+22 Steps to breaking into HF from an unprestigious background? 13 1y
+10 What’s the deal with Knighthead 9 1y
+71 MM Center Book 24 1y
+5 L/S Spread Percentiles 7 1y
0 $Rip$ple$ Effect Asset Management 1 1y
+55 Is PNL always this much of a slog? 22 1y
+6 LO to SM HF possible? 4 1y
+4 comp for 200 vs 400mn/analyst 6 1y
+195 How do you get into VIC? Please critique my write-up 78 1y
+9 IB after HF Internship? 2 1y
+21 How HFs Use Multiples 14 1y
+5 Case study terrible - am i cooked 7 1y
0 Can a MBA associate break into HF? If so, is it more difficult? 1 1y
+18 Zegona Communications 6 1y
+8 Will my boss find out I'm recruiting? 4 1y
+5 Coworker day tradin_g at work 7 1y
+5 Bombing HF interviews - advice needed 4 1y
+5 Millenium Execution Trader 6 1y
+18 Views on King Street? 14 1y
+1 Questions to Ask PM After Getting Offer 3 1y
+10 Higher vol HFs - who is left in size? 10 1y
+9 Feedback on stock pitch 6 1y
+16 How do Long HFs invest differently to PE? 4 1y
+24 Kai Volatility Advisors 12 1y
+2 is there a database to see newly created funds? 3 1y
+17 Alternative Fund Structure? (Canada) 3 1y
+20 Is the market too efficient for Activist Investors 7 1y
0 Walleye Capital Sophomore Dinner 2 1y
+12 MM HF Recruiting 2 1y
+15 UAE SWF vs. HF Credit 7 1y
0 do sm's recruit out of undergrad? 2 1y
0 Point72 2026 Summer Academy Coach Interview 1 1y
+13 Quickest Way From Mid RX Shop to Appaloosa/Elliott/Knighthead 11 1y
+82 Alpha or Alea: The Absolute Role of Luck 32 1y
+9 Skills for HF career success 1 1y
+37 Coatue worth it? 26 1y
+10 Anyone interviewing at Lykos Global? 7 1y
0 Point72**** Details 2 1y
+8 Do you need a stock pitch for on-cycle? 8 1y
0 Multi Manager Private Capital 2 1y
0 Millennium - Review - FICC - Fixed Income Currency and Commodities Data 1y
0 Millennium - Salary & Bonus - FICC - Fixed Income Currency and Commodities Data 1y
0 Point 72 Two Batches APAC 0 1y
+13 Voyager Global 25 1y
0 Bayview Asset Management LLC - Review - Capital Markets Data 1y
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+4 Would you join a new 400m book? 2 1y
+74 Pod blew up. PM launching own fund, promising a sleeve + carry. ~$500m AUM already raised. Am I dumb? 38 1y
+1 Activism in London 3 1y
+1 Point72 Academy ******* SUCKS! 2 1y
+17 Is there a way to work for a HF straight out of undergrad in non quant roles? 12 1y

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