Top Hedge Fund vs. FAANG
How do recruiters/the industry look at software engineering roles on your resume at top hedge funds vs at FAANG? For example, Two Sigma vs. Facebook? Which one would be a better brand?
Faang is more versatile. And in HF, there's really only TS and maybe a few quant shops like jump and Jane street.
tbh after working at FB, I feel like the quality of SWE is much higher at a smaller, more selective company
Isn’t that implicit in being a small, selective company? I feel like you could find similar situations in a larger company but it would be team dependent, but I may be wrong.
i agree that it’s common sense / implicit, but still a lot of people seem to worship the quality of SWE at FAANG
Tech is the better brand at the moment. Hedge Funds have lost a bit of their luster. Two Sigma / Jane Street are still pretty good cultures and approach par with FAANG, but your Bridgewaters and Citadels are not as good.
I recently got offer from two sigma. They have contract like you can’t join other finance domain company. It means that even after working with two sigma, you can explore next opportunity only with tech . In short you have to move back to tech again.
You going to take it?
non compete is standard in finance. not guaranteed it will be enforced unless you have a lot of insider knowledge
For swe-> FANG has slight edge For quant-swe-mle-> depends heavily on what you've done