I got to choose between two offers. Google offer is L4 in NYC, 260K TC (160K base, 15% bonus, 275K stock/4years, and 35K sign-on). Citadel offer is Quant Developer in Chicago, 340K TC (200K base, 130K bonus and 40K sign-on). Background is CS Ph.D with 3 yoe. Any suggestions?
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
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...Read more
Noob question- I see a lot of SWEs and quants in Hedge Funds and HFTs. I was told they are operationally similar but fundamentally different. Can somebody ELI5 the difference in what they aim to accomplish, examples of firms in each and what a quant researcher does in both? TC:240k (post stock cra...Read more
Atlassian: - Brand new team (support efficiency) - “Founding” Engineer (first one on team) - team OKR tier: 0 - Managers are all ex-Meta - “Unlimited PTO” - Refreshers Coinbase: - Coinbase one team (subscription based service) - Growing team - 20 Vacation + 2 recharge weeks + recharge days - 1.5x ...Read more
I’ve seen several call options placed in the recent past for NVIDIA @$1200 ish slated for late 2024. One of my closest friend is a derivatives trader at a quant shop and he’s seen several call orders @$1100 ish and this was when the stock was still at high 500s/low 600s. Does this make sense to you ...Read more
I think I'm destined to become a quant or something. This year, my earnings in the stock market finally eclipsed my day job software engineering salary. I made like 300% returns on $TDLA, $SHOP, $ZM. My question is, at what point does one decide to focus on the stock market full time and just quit t...Read more
Recruiter reaching out for a while now. Can they significantly up the TC to say > $1.2M? How much of this will be a bonus/variable? Any reason this is not worth it? (I'm already working 50-60 hrs a week, so WLB is not an issue) YOE 8 (including a few as a Quant at a top tier firm in NYC) TC: ~800
Currently at Zon and hate my job. Looking for interesting work. YOE less than one year so junior pos please #meta #amazon #google #facebook #cohere #linkedin #quant #stripe #nvidia #amd not sure what else is hiring in Canada TC:160-170k depending on stock
Quant roles and other direct pnl making roles in hfts and hedge funds pay much more than SDE. Anyone have first or second hand experience of being able to career shift from normal SDE role to these roles? Even better if you aren't from top 5 IITs FYI for anyone who doesn't know starting base+bonu...Read more
Many posts claim that while tech offers may seem lower than top quant firm offers, it would beat the quant firm offers with stock appreciation. As an ex-F/G employee (and aS a MiLlIoNaIrE) with first-hand knowledge of compensation structure in both tech and finance, I decided to do some calculation ...Read more
Guys please post the standard new grad offers from the best companies in India By TC I mean first year compensation ie First year signing bonus + first year base + first year bonus + first year stocks. Google 32 LPA Sprinklr 36 LPA (They changed base from 25 to 30 recently) Microsoft 22 LPA (13 + ...Read more
I’ve been interviewing for quant researcher roles at a few places, and things are starting to get real now that I’m a few rounds in. I decided to interview mostly because I hear the money can be great and, well, I like making money lol That said, I don’t really know much about what quant research is...Read more
I’m starting the interview process for a DS/QR role at Jump Trading. The role seems to be very focused on using ML and Stats for business strategy, not a typical QR role, so I’m hoping to get some insight into the three rounds of interviews. Any tips on preparation? #quant #quantitativeresearcher #...Read more
I am working as a quant at a small energy trading hedge fund: my base is 145k and I can get 14% of PnL quarterly minus the seat cost 1MM, so If I make 6 MM Pnl a year, I will receive 700k bonus and my TC will be $845k, but it’s not easy to make such PnL, typically people make 3 MM so TC will be $425...Read more
If you could start your career over, would you go into fintech (quant firms or anything stock market related) or into the typical tech companies. Where can you make more money? Where do you have a better WLB? (Big thing for me) Where is there better career growth? Pls give details For reference I...Read more
Hey guys got a return offer from FB from summer internship as an E3. Recurring TC: 158k (additional stock bonuses and per bonuses not included) TC: 223.5k I worked on an ML team and I enjoyed the work I was one of the few engineers on a mainly research scientist team. That said there was a lo...Read more
Blind is full of people from big tech, I see very few people talking about hedge funds/HFT/prop trading firms. Is anyone else here a quant dev/SWE in finance just looking at the hiring freezes and stock plummets in Silicon Valley while eating popcorn and awaiting bonus day after their fund has made...Read more
Curious to see if anyone here has applied trading strategies used in quant for their own day to day stock / crypto trading and how it worked out for them? Im a SWE who recently graduated but I’m getting into some quant topics now like pairs trading with cointegration and it’s pretty cool :P wanna t...Read more
Hi everyone, I am a Data Scientist with 2 YOE and recently have been thinking about whether to switch to Big Tech. In terms of the WLB, career progression and compensation, I wasn’t able to find much info that compared the two paths, thus asking here. In terms of career prog. In big tech, I am gue...Read more