How do you pick between the different quant jobs in NYC - HRT, Jane Street, Two Sigma, DE Shaw, PDT? Didn't list Citadel because of high stress factor there. One thing surely is hedge fund vs hft - quantity of data at hand. What else should I consider before starting interview processes? @hrt @de...Read more
Hi all, Got an offer for a Quant Researcher where it doubles my current TC. However, I’m inclined to decline the offer. I’m an ambitious hardworking person and want to start my own business (in 1-2 years from now) and build products. For me, FIRE is a key factor for which Quant Researcher seems to...Read more
Which areas of applied and pure mathematics (at a postgraduate level of background) would be ideal for a quantitative researcher? For link to part 2 - non math subjects: https://us.teamblind.com/s/TLL8mbTH
Hello everyone, I’m a SWE looking to move to quant. I see a lot of quants looking to transition to SWE roles. Please let me know if anybody wants to connect. We can exchange resources and help each other. If anyone is interested kindly send me a direct message #corpfinance #finance #tech #quant
Hey I'm in the first year of career and still trying to decide if I like SWE or quantitative finance better. Was wondering about the general career trajectory at quant firms vs tech (TC growth, WLB in 5/10 years), how interesting the work is (tweaking model heuristics all day might not be the most ...Read more
The digits 1,2,3,4&5 can be arranged to form many different 5 digit positive integers with five distinct digits. How many such integers is the digit 1 to the left of the digit 2? Two such integers to include are 14,352 and 51,234 Please don’t google or use AI
Got ML SWE return offer from FB and still interviewing with Citadel quant. Just wondering if I should just accept the FB offer now since I hate living in Chicago and I heard it would be hard to survive at Citadel. But also heard that comp at Citadel can be way way higher. Any thoughts on this? Tha...Read more
I've been think about getting into quant trading, but heard that the vast majority of quant traders have phds. If there are any quant traders out there I was hoping to hear about your experiences! Has anyone started out as a software engineer before going back to school? If you did get a phd, would ...Read more
Have new grad quant offers from both companies. Both offers are in the range 400-500K, including sign on Can’t disclose much on the specific teams since I want to keep my anonymity, but both teams work closely with alpha and both look interesting to me. Want to hear your guys thoughts on two sigma...Read more
How is the hiring bar for Quant Researcher at Citadel compared to Meta, Google etc. ? #engineering #software #citadel #swe
Hi all, PhD “almost” grad here, I’m looking into the quant space. How is the compensation (excluding sign-on) that is expected for new PhD grads for quant research/analyst positions at firms like DE Shaw, Two Sigma, Citadel, HRT, PDT, Voleon and the likes? Base and bonus breakdown? Glassdoor says ...Read more
I have been a faang engineer for 10 years. Wondering if I should try something new. Can someone give a high level view of life as a quant engineer (?) / trader? Not finding good articles on my own. As an example, here's a summary of my software engineering role: I mostly develop new infra products ...Read more
Can anyone share their TC progression as a Quant Researcher in Hedge Funds? I have an offer from a Hedge fund for 350k first year guaranteed comp. The bonus is not guaranteed for subsequent years. Base is 200k I also have other tech offers for 350k TC in ML domain. I want to optimize for long ter...Read more
Has anyone ever heard of or known a self taught quant trader? I would imagine this is rather uncommon since usually hedge funds/trading firms are looking for someone with a masters/phd in physics/math/finance. What was their path?
I've received an exploding offer from a quant trading firm (a very good one, think tier 1.5). I'm still interviewing with two better firms (two of the very best, tier 1). The tier 1.5 firm knows about my other processes - is it likely that they gave me an exploding offer because they knew they could...Read more
Dear fellow blinders I have landed an offer at Google as a MLE (NLP application related) and at Tower Research as a quant researcher. I have noticed that quant has a much better comp at year 1, but Google has stock appreciation for RSU and better job security. Do you guys think that it is worth ta...Read more
For those who transitioned to one of the top quant hedge funds (RenTec, Two Sigma, De shaw, pdt etc) from Google, how was the experience like? I am mainly asking for the quant roles, not swe roles (ML expert here). TC: $630k
International student looking for referrals to full-time quant roles such as quant researcher/developer or algo trader. I am currently a final-year PhD student in ECE with masters in Math and CS (obtained the PhD) in a big state univ in the mid-west. PhD research topics span deep learning/machine l...Read more
Hello, Over the past few years I gained a lot of experience interviewing with Quant firms, initially for internships and then for a full time position. I did over a hundred hour of interview with all sorts of firms: HRT, Citadel, D.E Shaw, Jump, Two Sigma, Jane Street, SIG, Five Rings, Voleon, Radi...Read more
Hi Blind I am a quant trader in the front office department of a hedge fund. I started my career at Bloomberg in NYC and then quickly moved to hedge funds, specifically Citadel in Chicago and now another boutique hedge fund here. I have a PhD in physics with lots of statistics experience, but I’ve...Read more