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- vote Quant Dev (hedge fund) vs. SWE (Facebook) I'm trying to evaluate two new grad offers: Hedge fund - Position: Quantitative Developer (in research team) TC: $170k base + performance bonus Facebook - Position: E3 (entry-level) software engineer TC: $124k base + $40k stock + bonus What are the career progressions like for quant dev? If I d
- link Joining Facebook and the WA Cares Fund As those of you around Seattle might know, the WA Cares Fund is a new income tax for people who don't have long-term care insurance: https://wacaresfund.wa.gov/. I already have insurance, so a few weeks ago, I filed an exemption request with the state and sent a copy of the resulting paperwork to my
- Meta/FB vs HFT vs Hedge Fund in London - which offer to take? I am struggling to decide between my top three offers, which are for Meta, a Hedge Fund (think Citadel, Jane Street, Two Sigma, etc.) and a London based HFT firm (you'll likely know the name but want to protect my privacy). The offers are: Meta (E5): TC ~£203k (109, $420/4 years, 15% bonus), plus £
- vote Facebook vs Google vs Robinhood vs Hedge Fund New Grad I’m a new grad looking for my first job out of college. I know questions like this get asked all the time but I feel that the response will be different due to the current economic downturn. I have offers from Google, Facebook, Robinhood, and a hedge fund. Facebook - 118/160/65 Google - 118/180/50
- vote Are Hedge Funds/ Trading firms good next steps from FB? I’m at FB and I like it a lot but I’m curious as to what the best next steps are from FB. Im not looking to move yet (I’d like to reach E5 first most likely) but I don’t really want to work at Google because of what I’ve heard about promotion/career velocity as well as the slower paced environment.
- SWE Facebook –> SWE at hedge fund Should I move from a big tech company (level 5) to a SWE position in a hedge fund? Assume they pay the same, but HF won’t guarantee any bonus compared to guaranteed stocks. What are growth perspectives at SWE in fin-tech?
- Facebook/Google vs. Hedge Fund for long term career outlook? Which would be better for long term career outlook for a SWE? F/G could lead to product/EM roles that lead to tech executive or startups which is obviously amazing. What can HF lead to? Becoming a quant instead of a dev? Does that happen? Are there any cool financial exits? # #tech #finance #hedgefu
- Hedge fund comp in NYC/CA for an FB IC6/M1 Curious what places like Citadel are paying for someone like me these days. 3 YOE at FB, 11 overall, TC: ~$500k
- Can you work at Google and own stocks/mutual funds of Amazon, Facebook, Apple, etc? Accepted offer to join Google and an wondering if I need to sell of these stocks and mutual funds TC: 75k
- How much and what kind of stock do you own? I’ll start: (all in dollars, not units) 100k in FB (vested RSU) 50k Index funds (+ 401k but no idea how much) 5k Bitcoin 2k Netflix 2k Amazon 1k trading randomly
- What teams are the best to be on in FAANG For companies that make their money off ad revenue (Google, FB, TikTok, Snap) what teams are the best to be on? Best could be defined as most critical, funded, complex, innovative, scale, etc.
- vote What investment would you add to this portfolio? Current 10% - AAPL 10% - INTU 60% - index funds 2.5% - AMZN 2.5% - GOOG 2.5% - SQ 1.5% - FB 1% - everything else(all tech) 10% - cash What would you buy with a small windfall? Assume ~1M portfolio.
- Which ETF fund should I invest? I want to sell my facebook stocks and diversify by investing in an ETF fund. Any tips or recommendations on how to do so or which fund to invest into?
- Stop the shaming BS I hate when people who work at FAANGs morally try to shame others when they are moving to another FAANG. One is not ethically better than the other. All are trying to make money and maximize market share. Facts: Facebook only cares about engagement. Apple uses slave labor. Amazon sells counterfe
- vote How much did you lose in stocks or investments in past 6-8 months?? "Hedge funds are selling tech shares at their fastest pace in a decade as rates spike" https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2022/01/06/hedge-funds-are-selling-tech-shares-at-their-fastest-pace-in-a-decade-as-rates-spike.html What's your strategy - moving away from tech stocks?? No more fb/ Roku/ Tesla/.... 1
- vote Startup V/S Facebook Hi Blinders, I have offers from facebook and a seed funded startup. Please help me with the evaluation: Fb: E5/195k/30k/800k Startup: under first 15 employees- 160k/1% Both vesting over 4 years Current: L6/330k tc #engineering #software #swe #facebook #amazon #startup
- Fidelity Roth IRA suggestions ? Hi, I am happy with my target date 2045 fund for my 401K account with fidelity (attached below). How can I mimic the same selection for Roth IRA? They said target date 2045 does not exist for Roth. Or is there a better one you may suggest ?#personalfinance #investments #retirement #fidelity #amazon
- What stocks would you own/buy now? Market is getting hammered. Apart from holding index funds QQQ/VOO, what other stocks you feel are reasonable at current prices? I’m currently HODLing AAPL, FB, GOOGL, RBLX as my only individual stocks.
- Does Google 401k have a self-directed brokerage option? A self-directed brokerage option allows fund selection outside those selected by the 401k plan. Heard that FB has. Thanks in advance. #personalfinance #investments
- Biggest new grad (undergrad) offer these days? Curious.. what’s the biggest tech (not hedge fund) new grad offer these days? It used to be FB but what about now?
- Help retrieve BTCs stuck in old FB / Epic Games account In 2010 I played Pet Society and won some Bitcoin linked to that account. I accessed the game via a Facebook account I can’t retrieve because I can’t remember neither the email address nor the password I used. Funny thing is I have that FB account as a friend in my current Facebook. My wife and I h
- Where should I invest $20,000? I have around 20K in savings which I want to invest. Which Index funds or stock options should I consider buying considering the current COVID situation? Based on initial research, thinking about MSFT, Tesla, Snow, Alibaba, FB. Not sure which index funds to buy. Any suggestions? #investments #per
- link WTF Meta, now in bed with right-wing propaganda machines? Facebook Reportedly Paid GOP Firm for Anti-TikTok Campaign. Funded by Meta, Targeted Victory is pushing local news coverage of dangerous TikTok trends -- even those that originated on Facebook, The Washington Post reports. https://www.cnet.com/news/social-media/facebook-reportedly-paid-gop-firm-for-
- Investing in Facebook Stock Are folks vocal about not investing in Facebook due to the ethical reasons aware that they are indirectly investing via index funds or just too woke to notice that? Edit: To the folks not able to understand this, I’m talking about the hypocrisy that people just randomly comment about FB without rea
- Can we stop calling a 'leaker' as 'whistleblower' As per wikipedia - "A whistleblower is a person, usually an employee, who exposes information or activity within a private, public, or government organization that is deemed illegal, illicit, unsafe, fraud, or abuse of taxpayer funds." In the recent FB case, there is no fraud or abuse of taxpayer f
- Companies which promote quickly? What are some other prestigious companies that promote IC engineers quickly like Facebook? I've seen E5 with only 3 yoe and E6 with only 5 yoe there. I've heard Netflix, quant funds, and trading firms also promote ICs quickly, but not sure if they're as fast as Facebook. #Facebook #Netflix #Citade
- vote Worth combining 401(k)s? Have one account from a previous job, one account from FB. Seems like combining funds requires a lot of phone calls and hassle. worth it?
- Roadmap from 200K to 600K TC? Goal: in 10 years, I want 600K TC minimum. Currently SWE, and considering switching to hedge funds like Jane Street or Citadel in 3 years as SWE. If that doesn't work, will switch to Facebook. Might return to G at L6 or L7 after a few years in HFT or Facebook. What should I do? YOE: 2 TC: 200K
- What tech roles and companies in London pay over £250k? I understand Facebook and Google will pay this, as well as a few hedge funds. Am I missing others outside the obvious ones?
- link California EDD funds are depleting 🙄 California EDD funds are depleting. I thought they could get money from fed which is printing unlimited money. https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/04/coronavirus-unemployment-california-jobless-claims-top-4-million-funds-run-dry-exhaust-deplete-economy-job-layoff-tech/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=
- vote Evaluate a 350k faang offer with 1 yoe 😳 I recently got another ~350k offer from fang with BS and ~1 yoe. ~300k second year. 🥶 Is this good? Maybe I could've asked for more since they were very flexible with bumping offer numbers ? I had ~7 L4 competing offers with fang and unicorns, not including any hedge fund offers. Negotiated with
- get into jane street is it possible to get into jane street from another hedge fund? I just search all linkedin. there is virtually no one get into jane street after working in two sigma, hudson river trading, jump trading, citadel. but there are many people who got into jane Street from Google, Facebook why
- vote Top Hedge Fund vs. FAANG How do recruiters/the industry look at software engineering roles on your resume at top hedge funds vs at FAANG? For example, Two Sigma vs. Facebook? Which one would be a better brand?
- Facebook E6 vs. Startup cofounder I am currently E6 engineer at Facebook. My TC is nearly 500K. A friend of me and I had a startup idea and were able to close 3M seed funding. Do you think I should continue at FB as an E6 or take the risky path with the startup? #engineering #swe
- Best tech company to work for in Singapore Singapore tech market is booming, google fb are opening swe roles here. Open discussion: As a SWE in Singapore, what is the best company to work for? open to faang, hedge funds, banks etc yoe 3 TC 140k SGD
- Good companies in NYC to work for? Currently at FB but need to move to NYC in a few months. It's unlikely I'll be able to transfer with FB. What are the best companies in NYC? I've previously worked in a hedge fund, happy to go back to that.
- Finance roles in Amazon And Facebook Are there any good finance/accounting roles in Facebook and Amazon in NYC area. I have been in Corporate Treasury, Private Equity/Hedge Fund accounting plus a CFA level 3 candidate.
- link Hedge Funds dumping FAANG https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-14/many-hedge-funds-dumped-facebook-google-as-faangs-lose-luster?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=bd&utm_campaign=headline&cmpId=yhoo.headline&yptr=yahoo
- Quant trader Can someone give a definitive path to be quant trader at Hedge funds? Do i have to do more leetcode? learn statistics? Current data science intern at Facebook
- Referral Hey guys Looking for a referral to FAANGMULA+, banks and hedge funds. Currently interning at Amazon as a research scientist. Will have a return offer but looking elsewhere. #Facebook #Apple #google #twosigma #janestreet #jpmorgan #goldmansachs
- Is FB stock long term hold? Below is my portfolio of stocks in the order of most favorite to least. Although FB is up +100% in my portfolio it is one of my least favorite stock because their main revenue model is advertising through their slowly dying platforms FB and Insta. Logically if FB as a company doesn’t exist tomorrow
- Why isn't Meta bankrupt yet? Hi everyone, I'm a typical clueless blinder who doesn't understand anything about finance but hates Meta. Based on all of my friends who make 1m+ TC at hedge funds working as mail room boys, and the fact that the only person I know who uses FB is my weird uncle, plus all the stuff I hear about how
- vote Do you feel pressure/stress due to fear of PIP or layoff risk? (non-FAANG ALLUM* version) For employees at: Cisco Dropbox Github Nvidia Oracle Palantir algo/HFT prop trading firms quant hedge funds "New" other companies (*FAANG ALLUM = Facebook Amazon Apple Netflix Google, Airbnb LinkedIn Lyft Uber Microsoft)
- Invest in new VC fund Pitch for all the new Airbnb + DoorDash millionaires: - Starting a VC fund that *only* invests alongside top early stage funds like Pear (seed stage DoorDash investor) and Floodgate (seed stage Lyft investor). - 10% of the fund carry is distributed across all the founders we back. Every founder who
- Roll over 401k or keep in Fidelity? I recently started at a new company, and like FB, they also use Fidelity for 401k. It seems I have two options. I could roll my funds out of Fidelity and into my existing Schwab rollover IRA. Or I could move the FB 401k at Fidelity into the new employer 401k with Fidelity. What are the tradeoffs? I
- What is the hiring cutoff date to qualify for stock refreshers at Facebook? At Google, you must work a full year in order to qualify for a stock refresher. Yes, there are one offs where a manager, can use discretionary funds to grant an award, but that isn’t the norm. What is the policy at Facebook? L5/TC:$320k #Facebook
- Best 401k Company Match So Google/MS/FB all seem to match up to 50% of the max limit of 401k contributions. Any other company that does better? 100% up to 10% of salary maybe? Curious what's the diversity of plan matchings out there, albeit lack of other perks (vesting cycle, fund options, etc).
- Algorithmic trading? I want to learn about algorithmic trading. How much of the information online is up to date/state of the art? Do any of the funds who do algorithmic trading share how they do it online or keep it all to themselves? Can anyone who works at the big funds (Citadel, TwoSigma, Jane street, etc..) give m
- Best tech companies for founders Hello Everyone, I’m a founder of a SaaS startup backed by well-known Silicon Valley fund. We have slow monthly growth and we are near breaking even. We are raising a new funding round to expedite our growth, but fundraising is taking way longer time than expected and I started to worry about our ab
- Two Sigma WLB How's the WLB for SWE at Two Sigma? I heard in general hedge funds can be pretty stressful with long hours, but have seen a few anecdotes saying otherwise for 2S. How does the WLB compare to FB and Google? Also is there an Up or Out policy like at FB?