Pros/Cons of buy/sell side as a junior quant

Hi,

New here. So coming from a Financial Engineering background,with a year of not so relevant experience.

I have to decide whether to go for working in a smaller asset management firm with active investing, based on algorithms or go for a quant job on the sales side at a big local bank. Salary is similar, perks similar.

Anyone here who could list their personal experience/opinion of working buy-side/sell-side as a Quant.

 

i would suggest sell side (if its a BB like GS, MS, BofA, Citi, JPM, Barc, DB, etc...), you will learn more because those firms are just so large and have more resources, and you can always goto the buyside from the sellside later when you know more (are more valuable) for higher dollars.

just google it...you're welcome
 
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