Google /Amazon or Two Sigma/Goldman Sachs/Morgan Stanley?

Oct 17, 2020 8 Comments

Is it better, in terms of workload, TC, work-life balance, to be in Engineering in companies like Google/Amazon or in Two Sigma/Goldman Sachs/Morgan Stanley?

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  • Two Sigma > Google >> Amazon >>> GS/MS
    Oct 17, 2020 3
  • Google

    Go to company page Google

    Until you have offers, why not apply to all? It sounds premature to measure one's chickens before they hatch
    Oct 17, 2020 2
    • Trying to decide what Masters to pursue, depending on the industry to pursue in the future. If its something in the Financial industry would prefer to go for Masters in Financial Engineer or something on those lines, else Masters thats focused more on pure Tech
      Oct 18, 2020
    • Amazon
      pOxg22

      Go to company page Amazon

      pOxg22
      I would base your choice of your interests. Those are very different paths. There are good companies and not good companies in both. Though for top TC (like two sigma range) i'd guess that quant dev/financial engineering is much more competitive than SWE - where you have much more companies willing to pay (slightly lower) than that range.
      Oct 19, 2020
  • Two sigma WLB is pretty comfy (arguably the same as Google): but TC progression is similar to Google, slow compared to other hedge funds unless you're a rockstar.
    Oct 17, 2020 0