New grad, Citadel vs Robinhood
I just finished interviewing for tech and fintech, and have managed to pick a favorite/winner from each category. However, now it's sort of a apples and oranges comparison and I'm at odds as to which one to pick. Wondering if anyone who has worked in either (or even both!) can give some insight. I'm more concerned about the career growth at each. Teamblind seems to say that citadel engineers don't grow much. However, they give tons of finance education, a 1 year rotation to prepare you, and grad school reimbursement. Robinhood OTOH seems like a classic silicon valley tech company. Given this, what's the best place to grow over time? Other thoughts and comments appreciated as well. Thanks all
Collect money from Citadel and aim for front office
The comp is fairly similar? I think C beats R in every way
When Schwab cut commission to zero. Robinhood is doomed to be dead soon.
Do you think this stops RH growth, or will it reverse their growth and allow Schwab and other firms to regain whatever market share they lost?
Rh doesn't have IPO anymore. They're not profitable and have no benefit compared to Schwab and co. They'll slowly dying off from now on.
Go to Robinhood, regardless of what happened to their business given the race to 0 trading fees, you will have decent ML eng experience under your Belt. Plus I would recommend working closer to the valley for future interesting opportunities.
Citadel and it's not even remotely close
Obviously citadel
Citadel hands down. Leave after 2-3 years if youâre worried about âgrowthâ. You can also save/invest so much while in Chicago.
Obviously robinhood
The idea that you canât have career growth at citadel is misleading... citadel has a flat structure so you may not be able to say youâre an Lx SWE, but youâll be learning and growing for sure. Youâll also own much larger pieces of code/applications than you would at faang.
Go to citadel, work hard and collect all the $$, get out and raise a family, retire.