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- Tech Vs Quant 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
- Quant Interview Prep 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
- vote Grad school to break into quant trading? Been at Meta since a new grad from top 10 cs undergrad and been E5 for two halves now. But now I want to shift over to quant work because the work seems interesting. I am considering going to grad school for the following reasons: 1. Grad school will provide a richer network and interactions with p
- vote Quant maths 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
- Quants at home People that work in quantitative trading/ development. What advice do you have to make money at home where you don’t have the amount of data and capital to deploy as you do at your work place? Do you guy’s just invest in index funds or try to apply the stuff you do at work to your personal investmen
- Looking for people with quant experience I'm assembling a small group of people doing algo trading in our free time. If you have quant experience (arb, mm, anything goes) hit me up. Our current skillset/xp: execution side, infra, ML TC 500k europoor 6yoe
- vote prestige quant fang prestige #engineering #prestige
- Quant comparison 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
- Bloomberg Quant - Are you really doing quant research? For quants at Bloomberg, are you conducting real quant research? Is it client driven or quant research for Bloomberg? Is your work actually usable at quant shops? I’ve seen various quant roles (some labeled as quants, others as data scientist so it is diverse)#finance Looking for any insight. Ty!
- FOMO tech vs quant I’m a new grad and getting FOMO (fear of missing out) because I took a quant job over FAANG. Is it possible to go back to tech if I find out quant is not for me? TC - 510K (including sign-on) YOE - 0 (not including internships)
- How come quant pay at HF is so much lower than fundamental? How come the most you’ll hear someone from a top tier quant firm working as a senior quant make is like 1-2 M, and that’s also the top end of FAANG salaries, but then there’s tons of 30 year old portfolio manager guys working at hedge funds like Tiger or Lone Pine pulling salaries in the range of 10
- vote Quant vs FAANG I am curious. Hypothetically if you had 2 offers as a Software Engineer from a quant firm (HRT, Jane Street, Two Sigma, etc..) or FAANG (Google, Meta, Microsoft, etc...) Which would you choose given the prestige, salaries, WLB, the type of work done there, etc...?
- Quant Dev vs Quant Trader How much bigger is the earning potential for quant traders vs quant devs at top firms? I’ve read that trading is very performance dependent, but realistically how much more can you make as a junior trader - is the ceiling much higher?
- Quant Researcher career questions I just started as a QR at a mid-level trading shop,## and I'd love to hear some advice. To maximize TC: is it better to focus on alpha research, portfolio optimization or something else? Should you specialize on one or work on many asset classes? What edge do u think the superstar QRs who manage t
- Quant Trading Startups? It may sound a bit weird but where can one find information on newly started quant trading firms? Did my brief research but nothing popped up really. Given the macro environment shouldn’t there have been quite a few in the past two years? Background info: TC 300, YOE >2, based in Chicago. #quant
- Quant transition 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
- Quant Headhunters Hey All, Title pretty much says it all. I haven’t been able to find a reliable list of quant headhunters anywhere and I was hoping that others would have some input. Hopefully this post can be useful to others looking for the same thing. Thank you all! #interview #finance #quant #recruiting #t
- Quant Developers What do you do? I was hoping to hear what a day in the life would be like. Ex: What kind of tech stack do you use? Work hours? How much financial/mathematical knowledge do you need? #quant #engineering #software
- Quant Trading 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
- Quant life? What's being a quant at a top shelf place like? I'd like to hear about the stress, compensation structure, attrition, do you ever see your family, etc. If anybody has worked in algorithmic/ML-based quality teams in core PAs at Google (e.g. Ads Quality) and gone on to a quant role, I'd be very inter
- Crypto quant Has anyone interviewed with Jump trading crypto QR role recently? what type of questions do they ask? The have asked for an initial 30 min coding interview. I was wondering whether this is just a classical LC type problem or do they expect to write smart contracts?
- How is the quant life? 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
- 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
- FB or Citadel Quant 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
- Algorithmic Trader v.s. Quant Trader v.s. Quant Researcher What is the difference between these three positions within firms like HRT, Jump, Citadel, and Jane Street? And how do they differ between firms? #quant #trading #tradingtech
- Cracking Quant I want to move to a QR role at a small fund. I don’t have a PhD, which is why I’ll be attacking smaller funds. Other than leetcode and practical guide to quantitative finance any tips? Will start applying in a few months. 2YOE, 250k
- vote Quant future tips Goldman Sachs quant vs Snap vs. Apple internship for someone looking to do quant at Jane street or HRT in the future ?
- Point72 quant new grad Does anyone have any information on Cubist quant academy program? It is a new grad role for quants. It is PhD only and you join different teams during your training which lasts about 1.5 years, then you can choose a team to work with. I am asking general opinions about the program and also TC. Do th
- vote Quant Trading Firm Offer: $650k yearly cash, small firm in Chicago I make more total comp (750k) at Uber but the majority of it is not liquid. Would you move to Chicago and be a quant engineer for this?
- Chance from quant developer to quant researcher As quant developer at top fund like Citadel/2S but without math/physics PhD, what’s the chance of internal transfer into the quant researcher position? I have CS master, applied math master, tech industry, passion in finance/math, so now if I started to work at quant developer at Citadel/2S, can I
- Quant group chat There was this great group chat which had folks from quant shops - SIG, Jump, De Shaw. I got locked out from my account so I cant find the group could anyone please add me back Comment here and I will dm you.
- difference in $ between quant research & quant trading I’m new to the hedge fund space and want to understand the difference in work style, role, $$, and vision between quant research and quant trading.
- JPMC Quant VP TC What's the newly VP TC for Quant Researcher roles in New York? Like Index Trading, Vol trading, Delta-1 trading teams but Quant Research role. Please help. TC: 210 #finance #trading
- Exploding quant offer 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
- Citadel Securities: Quant Developer vs Quant Researcher Do Quant Devs get to work on alpha research at Citadel Securities? Or is it just a glorified title to attract SWE talent? Is there a big difference in QD and QR compensations? TC: 220k #citadelsecurities
- DRW quant interview I have an upcoming 45 min technical interview for quant trading analyst position. What should I expect? I can't find any relevant info online #interview #drw #quant
- Two Sigma Quant Research vs Quant SWE New grad here. I recently got contacted by a recruiter stating that they would like to interview me for a quant research role. I took a look at the site and, looking more closely, feel like the quant SWE role might be a better fit for me. I have a couple of questions about the two roles: 1. I have
- Quant role @ GS How’s quant role at GS? How’s associate pay? Pay looks decent. How’s culture and career progression?
- hedge fund compensation for quants 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
- Quant SWE Roadmap Hello all, I'm currently pursuing my Masters in Computer and applying for SWE jobs. I wanted to know what courses/classes/projects to perform in order to apply for Quant SWE jobs such as those at Jane Street, Two Sigma, Jump Trading etc. If you could shed some light on the resources to refer to, it
- link Blockchain Quant Developer I'm about to start in a seemingly new type of quant developer role at a prop trading firm - namely focused on applying HFT principles to DeFi/cryptocurrency trading. I don't see many posts online for crypto-focused quant dev roles, other than this one: https://boards.greenhouse.io/blockchain/jobs/30
- Is quant dev treated worse that quant researcher? Applied for a QR role at a firm and was told that I would be better for a QD role. Ive read that if youre not a trader or researcher at a fund, you are a second class citizen. Is this still true today? TC: 0 (new grad)
- Google -> Quant What is it like for those who have made the switch? What are the best / highest paying companies? What is the arc like in terms of yoe and comp? L4, TC 300, 3 yoe, Bay area
- Maven securities quant? Got contacted my Maven securities for quant Dev positions? Is this company good? What's the comp? YoE 9 TC 480k
- Quant Research Referrals Is anyone willing to give any Quant Research Referrals? I have a good amount of experience and am pretty confident in passing the interviews, however I haven't been hearing back from companies. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
- Quant Researcher career questions I'm an incoming quant research intern at one of the tagged firms (HRT/JS/2S), and I'd love to hear some advice. Apologies if these questions seem naive, I am still an undergrad and have 0 yoe in the field. Thank you in advance. Are there any overarching differences between alpha research at a top q
- MFE for quants I’m seeing a lot of posts saying MFE programs are not helpful to become a quant. Anyone working in top quant firms like citadel, two sigma, renaissance etc without a phd but with masters degree from top ranked school? I see a lot of ms students go to an investment bank for derivative pricing but I’
- Quant research help Hello everyone, I am currently an intern working at MSCI within their models and R&D team. I have been there since the beginning of summer and unfortunately my internship ends August 30th due to budget constraints. I was wondering if anyone had any material to better prepare for quantitative resea
- Quant Finance chat #6 Hello, we are a private group of about 40 engineers, researchers, and traders on Blind looking for more members to join the discussion. If you have relevant industry experience in quant HF, prop, or sell-side and are interested in actively participating, send me a DM.
- Quant SWE pay progression Can anyone at companies like Citadel Securities, Jane Street, and HRT offer some details on pay progression of SWEs in quant finance? Got an offer from one of them and is wondering Maybe some datapoints with YOE and TC? I know it’s hard to generalize TC: 425K YOE: NG