I made this post(teamblind.com/post/wsFHotv8) about Stripe vs IMC, but now I have a new offer from Two Sigma, and wondering if that changes the result. I don't have any other late-stage interviews so probably choosing one of these 3. My goal is to get one of JS, HRT, OMC, Headlands, Jump, or Citadel new grad ideally, or take a return offer from where Intern. I don't mind the location so not taking that into consideration. Two Sigma and IMC have similar pay and both >> stripe for the internship. So mostly thinking about culture, tech, and wlb.
Obviously either 2s or IMC if you want to work in finance after graduation (not entirely sure why but I guess you know your reasoning)… as for which one I’m not sure but IMC will probably pay more
FWIW- OMC gave me a pretty garbage offer a couple years ago. Not sure it’s on par with the others
That is surprising. Ik Someone who took OMC over Citadel. They had 475k NG for OMC. And I also think they have probably pumped their offers since 2 years ago.
They must not have really wanted me lol. They offered me half of what I was making at FB at the time. Almost thought it was a joke
Did you get LinkedIn return offer? LinkedIn should pay 250k or even more for backend
Yes! LinkedIn can pay pretty well. I feel like if I wanna do tech then why not just Stripe? Two Sig and IMC pay more at least on new grad and will open doors for other HFT.
Headlands won’t reach out to you withouth some hft experience
Two Sigma > Stripe > IMC
why do you rate IMC so low? They're currently top of my list. Nice culture and wlb. Pays way more than the other 2 for internship. Chicago is cool and way less expensive.
Two sigma has better engineering talent and better culture and wlb from what I hear. IMC also doesn’t seem to pay that well for a quant firm according to their own report (<50 ppl out of 1000+ made 1M+). Chicago is a great city and very affordable but nyc has more to do and better food (imo). I’ve only lived in nyc though and only visited chicago so 🤷♂️. FWIW I’ve met two sigma and stripe ppl at JS but nobody from IMC U should also know that I’ve never worked at any of these places though so I could be complete wrong - this is all based anecdotally
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I'm starting Stripe soon, but based off of what I understand about both Stripe and these financial firms, if you are only interested in full time trading firms absolutely no reason to take Stripe. I've also heard very limited spots (if any) for return offers. Also Two Sig >> IMC afaik.
Can you elaborate on Two sig >> IMC? I know wlb, pay and culture are similar. But IMC pay in Chicago is more effective than nyc. Also Two Sig uses java which I hate. IMC does use java but has cpp teams from what I understand.
Two Sigma Securities uses C++. Can try to get in there.