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heard similar. Doesn't seem like an area of main focus for them or the other quant shops that set this up. I know Two Sigma has a similar PE team and tries to make money via multiple arbitrage using all sorts of data. 

Pay there was great, DE Shaw definitely great too.

 

Really a question of interest + NPV. If you like looking at small businesses and want to help build out their PE business + believe you will perform and DE Shaw won’t can the strategy then prob a good seat with good pay. Drawback is if you spend a couple years there, you will likely be branded as a LMM guy and it would probably be hard to go to a larger firm. Could prob do LMM after though.

This is just my $0.02 but I don’t work there

 
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