I’m getting LinkedIn messages from random recruiters everyday. 90% of the firms they pitch I have never heard of, but that’s probably expected. If you also had an offer from another FAANG company, would you consider a hedge fund firm as a software engineer? Why or why not? Also if anyone knows about the industry culture and WLB please lmk. I don’t know much outside of Amazon. TC: 350k YOE: 3.5
Get a job at one and let us know.
Will do if I end up accepting one of their offers
My guess is most funds have harder day to day work but oncall tends to less demanding since they only tend to be from 9-5 during trading hrs. Funds like Citadel are prestigious within finance for sure. Whether it is worth it to make the jump is up to you
As per all things - very dependent on the firm and team. Citadel is known for a difficult WLB
In your opinion do you think the type of work as a SWE is better at a prop shop/hedge fund than in tech? I know a lot varies but can you answer it in terms of “in general”.
500k+ starting isnt unrealistic. After a few years with high performance 1m+ bonuses are very possible. Expect to grind and work long hours.
All the people hired in well-paying hedge funds can easily switch to FAANG. It doesn’t work the other way round. That’s your answer.
What’s a definition of well-paying? I’m thinking 500k+ but is that unrealistic?
No, easily possible at some of the hedgefunds. (Only if you get in) Some are tbh garbage.