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After getting the dream job at FAANG / MAANG / PBC do you still participate in Leetcode contests / Codeforces?
https://www.thequantguide.com/ Not sure if I should seriously consider this. Can anyone vouch for its worth? #career #swe #quant #trading #HFT #algotrading #finance #fintech #interview #guide
Itās a scam. Please check reddit
Also you wonāt get quant roles just by doing a quick course. I am an ex-quant (at a second tier quant shop, i.e. similar to cubist/worldquant, aquatic, squarepoint) with Berkeley MFE and quantitative background (math/engineering/stat) and even we had a hard time getting a job in quant.
Most quant firms are already picky enough about school prestige, plus you're expected to have a math background (at least for quant researcher) - they've wisened enough to not fall for the same "read the book and get the job" bullshit that pervaded computer science.
Holy hell $3500
ikr that's why I'm hesitant
Just learn this stuff yourself š¤·āāļø or donāt
OP, people who can get the quant (research) jobs wouldnāt ever resort to this kind of boot camp. I have a few friends who get in right after PhD. Most of them do not prepare much at all. The green book is more than enough. Ask yourself if you can solve the following question, if X+Y and X-Y are independent, whatās the relation between X and Y?
Covariance is 0 and therefore X and Y have the same varianceā¦ is there more that could be said? (Assuming the variance of X and Y are defined.)
The green book?
Do NOT buy this. It's definitely a scam. There was a post about the course on the r/quant subreddit, anything negative about the course was being downvoted and being counted by bot accounts. Also their website had a fake discount timer that resets every day. Says something like you have 4 hours left to get 50% off the course, but if you visit the page the next day the timer would reset. Scummy practice. https://www.reddit.com/r/quant/comments/1c35es2/dont_buy_thequantguidecom_course_the_ultimate/
The problem for the average swe is getting a Quant (researcher/trader) interview in the first place, and most top firms do a good job of snuffing out (either implicitly or explicitly) people who have strong intuition and are naturally talented. Its much harder to game quant than it is SWE interviews, imo. Also most firms don't hire for traders outside of university careers and laterals from other trading firms.
Sounds like 1. It's a scam 2. Hard to break into HFT without the right college on the resume 3. Must have very strong mathematics background to even have a sliver of hope getting into HFT 4. Pay isn't even that far off from FAANG anyway I think that about covers it.. that being said, I'm still gonna work on my algotrading bot in my free time š
Pay at top quant firms is way above FAANG.
Lots of people say you need the right university, but I think theyāre generalizing when they really mean the right name, this could be in the form of experience, contests youāve placed in, or simply roles in certain spaces Iām that note I wouldnāt recommend anything without a free tier, I like to know exactly what Iām getting when I buy, Iād recommend trying out quantquestions.io and how you do on some easy questions
If you want to work in derivatives, you should know this front and backwards.
sure, but is The Quant Guide one of the best materials to achieve that? want to get the most value out of my time.
Mr VP Tushar, can I get a referral pls