DEShaw vs Citi S&T

ER...fine fine fine does it look so obvious.

yes, it does

lol

that is some masterful trolling, OP.

Citi S&T without a doubt. DE Shaw is very stuffy and heard they skimp pretty heavily on the comp.

I know a prop trader at DE Shaw that got a $30K bonus on a $125K base as an associate... you'll make close to or more than that as a 1st yr analyst at Citi.

I'd definitely re-consider.

Not an S&T guy so not exactly in-the-know about this

but isn't DE Shaw mostly alg trading? Meaning you right your own scripts and your P&L is entirely dependent on your black box?

I was also under the impression that the S&T was pretty undifferentiated at the analyst and associate levels.

Isn't it better at this point in your career to secure an offer from a BB and get a good amount of exposure to trading several different products?

ER.. right ok

Citigroup hands down. Better name and if above poster is correct, maybe better comp.

if you can get into DE Shaw now you will get in later too (hopefully that is). So maybe you want to reap the benefits of a BB gig (class size, exposure, network and all of the rest).

Its up to you in the end, we cannot make that choice

Citi is the better option right now.

Does anyone know if DE Shaw does conversion from summer into FT?

If you can get an offer from DE Shaw, you should definitely be able to get an offer from some BBs that are better in S&T than Citi.

It also depends a lot on what exactly you would be doing at DE Shaw.

DES. Hands down. Also agree with oompa. If you want to really go the BB route, you can most definitely do better than Citi if you got an offer from DES.