#quants-n-traders

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low vault
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They sent me a hackerrank lol

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R u former quant/target/etc. ?

final garden
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When you say "im sure theres more dumb approaches" are you saying its dumb to do that

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Either work for a Quant Firm as a Quantitative Trader, Dev, or Risk Manager. If I cant land those, I would look for roles in Data Science, Software Engineer etc

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Could you become a SWE with that

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Or is it too specilized

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What about Machine Learning Engineering or AI Researching

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great, thanks

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Im still a Freshman so I got alot of time to think about this lol

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Landing a job as a quant is hard asf

broken thorn
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qunat

solar axle
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They’re not paying that for nothing

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They want the best of the best

robust totem
solar axle
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Definitely the top ones like js, citsec, hrt

robust totem
solar axle
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this is completely false

final garden
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every school is mickey mouse besides MIT and Harvard

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Only non mickey mouse CS is Carnegie

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Yea thats the beauty of mickey mouse

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If HRT or JaneStreet dont take me as a Quant ill just work in AI for a buncha chatgpt clones

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Earn like $400k

rose holly
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Why we takin bout micky mouse clubhouses?

final garden
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What about Applied Math

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Is that mickey mouse?

tulip sapphire
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Skill issue. It’s p mickeymouse

low vault
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3rd one nxt wk

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But i think its the last round

wide depot
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anyone know if 2s an auto oa?

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3 hours is crazy if it is 💀

tulip sapphire
wide depot
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quant research intern

tulip sapphire
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Huh maybe 2ss has a lower bar

wide depot
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lmao that is crazy

grand crater
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Anyone get 2s OA?

tulip sapphire
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???

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I meant I got 2ss so I thought 2ss had a lower bar than 2s

low vault
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Includijg phone

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I had 1 phone (round 1)

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3 ints

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Then this one which will be 1-2

tulip sapphire
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Ya

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Ya

low vault
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UPD: it was just lc

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was good

uncut steeple
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half jokes are the best jokes

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love both

solar axle
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I just wanna be rich

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That’s all I want

solar axle
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Who are you?

rose holly
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Can’t you do phd and internship

final garden
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whats clt

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^

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Its mostly Phds Applied Math

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wth is neurips

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🤣

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What is bro saying

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What would happen if I said I founded a small AI startup with a website, twitter, linkedin profile etc but its just a chatgpt clone that took 2 seconds to make

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And I put it on my resume

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Makes $0

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?

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Is a QF degree a meme

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Yall be sayin terms I dont understand

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Wth is Orfe

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Ohh ORFE

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I just looked it up

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Your own username is gonna be you after you gradutae

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Hot pockets

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BRO WHAT ARE THESE TERMS

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"northrup grumman"

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TWTF?

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Is there a glossery I can look at

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Thank God im only 17

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Obsidian

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Use Obsidian its fire

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It actually changed my life

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I only go there to get laid

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Plugins? Themes? Easier to use?

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Like on Obsidian you make tables, flashcards, tips & tricks stuff etc

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hold on

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final garden
potent iron
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Anyone here done OMC behavioral phone for QT?

final garden
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Bro all you do is act like a clown

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🤣

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Heres a random one I have

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It was to play around with the program

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They have a 1000 themes I just like this one

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I saw this video on my recommended lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbsAQSIKQXk&t=170s&pp=ygUXb2JzaWRpYW5ub3RlIHRha2luZyBhcHA%3D

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▶ Play video
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And I was like screw it and I watched it

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Desmos even has a plugin with Obsidian so you can make charts and stuff on the app

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Maybe, I dont use it for LeetCode

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You can store notes in code blocks if that helps

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Just give it a shot honestly. It took me less than 30 mins to get the hang of it.

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yea Obisidian is heavy for a notes taking app

final garden
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lmao

next shore
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how hard are 2s qr probability questions?

lost leaf
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fountain pen + rhodia notepad and look down on the peasants

verbal kettle
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fountain pen nice

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what ftn pen

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i have a lamy

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i used ftn pen for journaling, its ncie

lost leaf
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i have a lamy safari, some black chinese pen, and one of those ones where the entire body is an ink reservoir

verbal kettle
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i see

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safari really nice

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find most ftn pens too heavy, get tired of writing a lot

lost leaf
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yeah, i wish i got the matte one though

verbal kettle
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what did you get

lost leaf
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the glossy plastic feels gross

verbal kettle
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ah

lost leaf
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wbu

verbal kettle
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charcoal

ocean gazelle
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notion + Apple calendar clears

tulip sapphire
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Notion

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For images? Or what

robust totem
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@verbal kettle don't waste ur time talking to trolls lol

robust totem
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i got ghosted from fresh step as a frosh lol

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like that's the most ghosted from google pipeline

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since most of the people that interview for it already have cssi

sand willow
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anyone did akuna oa

tulip sapphire
sand willow
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quant dev? i think

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i cant even tell it says quant dev and trading

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it was coding

uneven narwhal
tulip sapphire
late bear
uneven narwhal
queen marten
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anyone done akuna python/data platform oa?

tulip sapphire
queen marten
trim wharf
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Has anyone done drw swe technical

brisk stream
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thx

tulip sapphire
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intern or ng

grand crater
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Anyone just get Millennium OA?

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120 mins 💀

bleak terrace
grand crater
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Nah QR

bleak terrace
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okay

tulip sapphire
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Macro has had a bad year

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Akuna doesn’t pay competitively but has one of the hardest OAs and consistently gets top tier intern talent, though none of them return (they all intern somewhere better the next year)

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Ya and it’s non-negotiable

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It’s like not competitive at all lol

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Most places are most systematic and diversified ?

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Idk much about millenium lol

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Worldquant open sources alpha

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So they r just p72 but worse

runic grotto
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If I’m getting early interviews, should I delay them for better negotiation/not reneging later on?

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(Intern)

tulip sapphire
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Should’ve insider traded more I guess

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Literal P72 moment

runic grotto
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Cit

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Nah

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There we go

late bear
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Millenium OA 😐

main totem
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isn’t millennium just ng?

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or not for 25 grads

lost current
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Millennium dev is actually poverty pay

tulip sapphire
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damn ur rly tryna throw hands with the 2s people like that

sand willow
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um

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what the fuck

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DO NOT USE

stable radish
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DO NOT USE

sand willow
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i used it

stable radish
rose holly
sand willow
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yeah

sage adder
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dm for optiver referral

tulip sapphire
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how good are yall on these settings?

image.png
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u can have scrap paper

lost current
tulip sapphire
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makes u think abt sign

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added complexity haha

tulip sapphire
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friend of mine referred me to a qt role

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also DRW QR asks this shit apparently sleeper

late bear
sand willow
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uhh

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it was ok

next shore
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what's 2s qr intern process like after first round of onsites

tulip sapphire
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not true

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depends on cit qr team

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it's harder than cit eqr sure but i wouldnt think that it's harder than cit gqs

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and i assume pay would reflect that

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drw qr OA was easy (only hard things were approximating stuff to a high precision w/o a calculator, and you dont even need to get q6 correct to move on) but i got all correct afaik and they just resume'd/ghosted me i think

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my friend who referred me said they r just very slow and will take a week to get back

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but the same is true for qta

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they strictly do not take ugrad interns for qr unless u have previously interned at drw as a qta afaik

lost current
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sounds fun

potent iron
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Anyone get SIG OA yet for qt?

potent iron
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intern

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wym

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are you asking because one is intern and one ft?

sand willow
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how long does akuna oa2 take to come after first oa

potent iron
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I mean im just applying to everything and hoping I can land something

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Im DESPARATE

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😭

lost current
oblique orbit
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Akuna oa isn’t Auto Right?

oblique orbit
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For trading?

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Cuz for the swe roles it automatically sends it but trading and quant dev it says it takes 3 business days so I wonder if they screen before sending oa

frigid zealot
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Guys what does the JS recruitment process look like

rose holly
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Apply -> rejection

amber veldt
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has anyone doing the 2s qr screen

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its 3 hours

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absurd

amber veldt
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idk

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i didnt do it yet

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lost current
amber veldt
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goddamn i have to do iti n 7 days wtf

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3 hours during an internship

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two sigma is wild

lost current
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so it's not actually gonna take 3 hrs

amber veldt
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bless the lord

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what even is it tho

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leetcode?

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like hards?

tulip sapphire
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noo it's v easy lol

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they dont even look at ifuu answer the last q

tulip sapphire
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Senior QR appears twice?

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ig last one means PM

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ive seen some boutiques go up to 250k base for junior QR

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and thus ~650k TC for QR

sand willow
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screen

late bear
late bear
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I think they definitely screen for Ocaml+ Olympiad medals or something idk

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I think one of their main members did AoPS

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hmm, then maybe im just not at that level sad_cowboy

lost current
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idt screen for mop

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or ocaml

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like sure it helps to have but if u dont make u can def still make final interview lol

lost current
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i got screened with three big n or higher on resume lol

runic grotto
rose holly
lost current
ocean gazelle
lost current
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yessir

rose holly
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Code geass is best

rose holly
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It’ll be hard

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You might be able to get the low tier Quant

runic grotto
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🤔

rose holly
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Low tier Quant

runic grotto
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Yes

queen sorrel
rose holly
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Idk tbh ask @runic grotto since he has citadel

lost current
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yeah

queen sorrel
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Are there places that have freshman internships or do you just apply?

lost current
rose holly
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Yeah

queen sorrel
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Damn

rose holly
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He went radix->citadel

queen sorrel
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Too bad radix closed 2024

lost current
rose holly
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He had swe

runic grotto
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Stop the troll chain WazowskiStare

rose holly
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He had internships in high school

runic grotto
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Yeah, I think it’s most common at cit

queen sorrel
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For swe or qr/qt?

runic grotto
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Yeah idk anyone who got cit qr/qt fresh

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Only swe

queen sorrel
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I applied citsec QR today

rose holly
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Deletion Dan

runic grotto
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Idk

queen sorrel
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Auto reject about to come from like 10 firms

naive pond
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mfers out here been bred for quant, MIT acceptance in middle school, 5 internships before they even hit college, just remember thats your competition

queen sorrel
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Or actually they’ll just ghost me

lost current
rose holly
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No sqwe is 🐐 d

runic grotto
rose holly
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Qswe is the final boss

ocean gazelle
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Qswe new acronym

queen sorrel
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I mean you got that far

rose holly
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Because you already have it in the bag

lost current
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washington or wisco?

runic grotto
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Plat should carry

ocean gazelle
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variability is crazy

rose holly
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Yeah @rose holly does

lost current
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LOL

rose holly
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They ask leetcode easies

ocean gazelle
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I mean it’s fine it’s unlikely that much prep is bound to change anything atp

queen sorrel
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Yeah but none are open rn

lost current
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just say u don't know lol

naive pond
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bro isnt UWash T20

rose holly
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Pretend you know and make an estimated guess

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Uwash is good

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It’s a citadel target

naive pond
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do you go there or have an A from there?

lost current
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wash is prob good enough for most comp

naive pond
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A = acceptance

ocean gazelle
lost current
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wouldn't stress about optimizinf for quant then

runic grotto
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Cit datathons will only get you maybe to the phone round, does almost nothing

queen sorrel
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Should I fake a 26 grad date?

lost current
runic grotto
queen sorrel
lost current
robust totem
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everyone at uwb ik has faang+

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like it's an insane strat

lost current
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i think it's both, location prob also helps to some extent

robust totem
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ye u defo still have to put effort but the majority of the hurdle are resume screens lol

naive pond
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ive given up all my quant hopes, ill be like 30 when i finish my degree, switched from medicine, so ill take any decent paying job with good WLB

robust totem
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ye u can take uw classes

lost current
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i c, is it really close to seattle?

robust totem
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ye it sounds mid af

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i think the majority of the benefit is the name

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that too

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a lot of schools feel like that imo

runic grotto
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Issue is it doesn’t even guarantee phone

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Yea

queen sorrel
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Damn

robust totem
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csrankings

image.png
lost current
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p sure lc to determine who gets resume read

naive pond
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MIT 4….

runic grotto
queen sorrel
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UCSD>UCB?

naive pond
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that too ^

runic grotto
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Research output is not an indicator of the undergrad exp

lost current
# naive pond MIT 4….

this is based on research output, also faculty to pub ratio important
like tech is higher than stanford but if u look closely they have double the amount of faculty so def not best indicator

naive pond
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ya pretty useless list imo

queen sorrel
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US news ranking is better

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But not that good either

naive pond
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idk shit tho, im just an old dude switching careers for QOL

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dreaming of quant, but not expecting to get anywhere close

queen sorrel
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I go to a T5 for applied math

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I’ll take it

runic grotto
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You ever wonder if this list will ever be the deciding factor to some HSer’s choice of college

queen sorrel
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Wait shouldn’t MIT also be tier 1a

lost current
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where would u consider some place like harvey or is immediately to ropeyard?

naive pond
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my friend went to harvard and idk if he even has a job lmao

lost current
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washu lowkey a mickey mouse t20

queen sorrel
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But they’re not that great if you look at job report

naive pond
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he does like random shit, but he got some random ass degree too

lost current
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harvey kids lowkey cracked, prob gaps most publics like uiuc/berk/gt/ut/etc

queen sorrel
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Computational finance and risk management

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. . . I was considering going to UW for that

lost current
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i think ms programs that have to do w comp finance r immediate red flags at least imo

queen sorrel
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I guess good thing I didn’t

lost current
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unless phd

runic grotto
robust totem
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data science is kinda mickey mouse

wintry tendon
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harvey mudd is insane because you get the same recruiting events as like massive state schools for 100 students

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massively slept on school

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those 3 people are insanely smart though i think

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nah

queen sorrel
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Well there’s 4 ppl in it

lost current
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i mean data science usually end up in data analyst

queen sorrel
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So that makes sense

lost current
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whis is more business consulting

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than data science

runic grotto
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@rose holly btw I met up with someone in the Bay Area stripe office, apparently they have intern events once a week and no intern floor

queen sorrel
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Wait you go to brown too?

runic grotto
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That’s what I was thinking

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Return intern

clear grove
queen sorrel
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Smart kids do Applied math

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CS and applied math-Econ

runic grotto
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Too good

queen sorrel
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But I’ve seen a ton of FAANG, cit, Optiver

runic grotto
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Free food every day is not uncommon in big tech

queen sorrel
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Actually all the apma kids are IB

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Applied math

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True

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I just enjoy coping

lost leaf
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nah they do archaeology

queen sorrel
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Or most likely pure math go to grad school

lost leaf
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cope

lost current
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if ppl know it

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it is rope

potent iron
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Dm me if anyone in the process at old mission

tulip sapphire
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impossible for QR ngl

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intern or ng

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cornell should def be higher lwk

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can MIT students take Harvard classes?

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or only the other way around

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math 55?

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but yeah ig other than that they wouldnt

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i know too many decent cornell outcomes for it to be on the same level as dartmouth which ik 0 good outcomes from

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like ik lots of very bad outcomes from harvard ug

lusty mantle
queen sorrel
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Hello

lost current
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To some extent

queen sorrel
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To get past resume screens

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I think

lost current
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Like dev I believe anyone can make if they grind hard enough

queen sorrel
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I mean prestigious work experience would also help

lost current
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Yeah

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Yeah

queen sorrel
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No chance of freshman QR any school right?

lost current
queen sorrel
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Yeah

lost current
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Qt also bit elitist so hard w/o good exp beforehand from at least ur school

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Vice versa

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Focus on getting in first then lol

queen sorrel
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What I’ve heard is Amazon, google STEP and Roblox are somewhat achievable as freshman, is that right?

lost current
queen sorrel
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Wait you haven’t even applied yet???

lusty mantle
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yeah it has

lost current
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Someone here got Roblox as freshman

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Actually multiple

runic grotto
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It is decently common

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I believe 10-15% of our class is freshmen

tulip sapphire
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what school do u go to

queen sorrel
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Oh yeah tc is crazy

lost current
lyric loom
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just built different

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like me

lost current
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Someone from my school got qr as soph cit sec iirc but he cracked

tulip sapphire
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oh same

queen sorrel
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Bruh how you got an internship HS jr summer

lost current
queen sorrel
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Me with my local asset management data science internship

tulip sapphire
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i did 2 swe internships in high school and i escaped

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i just dont put them anywhere unless applying to a pos that requires that much yoe

lost current
queen sorrel
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@brisk trellis I think you can get UW Seattle

runic grotto
queen sorrel
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Ur in state though

lusty mantle
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how bad is it

lost current
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Granted most ppl get dev

runic grotto
queen sorrel
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If you recovered to As jr year I think your fine

runic grotto
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Dev has been utterly exploding in numbers I think

lost current
runic grotto
queen sorrel
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It shows initiative

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Nah trust

lost current
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I mean ik someone who got yext and c1 and they ended up at umd 😂

queen sorrel
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I’m calling it your going to an ivy

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Doesn’t the 2S QR app say you need to be within 1 yr of graduation

lost current
tulip sapphire
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it helped for the 1st one then i removed it

lost current
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Not hs quant

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Just swe in general

queen sorrel
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I’m behind

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Should’ve done usaco

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Yeah

lost current
queen sorrel
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I lucked out of the waitlist

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I was gonna be a finance major before

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Val, 1550, 4.69 GPA, 14 APs, 6 DEs

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And decent ECs, 2 club sports, mock trial, Phys club, some computer refurb volunteering and a job teaching kids to code

solar axle
lost current
solar axle
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What’s uw?

solar axle
tender zodiac
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Anyone have tips for optiver phone? dm me 🙂

gentle meadow
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just do lc and grind

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I didn’t do usaco

quasi orbit
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How long does it take to hear back from cit

solar axle
uneven narwhal
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has anyone done valkyrie's derivative trading OA? gonna have to rawdog it soon and have never done a trading OA before hopium

frigid zealot
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Meta/Amazon/Quant Startup internships + Top 5 CS school in UK with 3.8/4.0 GPA (I think around top 20 in the world)

What are my chances for dev @ js or hrt or citadel or optiver

potent iron
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Anyone have SIG referrals?

potent iron
uneven narwhal
ocean gazelle
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when will sig swe open mane

uncut steeple
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think I'm done

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gave another solid interview for trader role

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next day reject

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answered all questions etc etc

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people see I didn't work at a company for the last 2 years since grad and instead did self-employment, and auto-reject

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it's usually not the HR but the team

frigid zealot
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The R in QR makes it sound like you need a lot more exp in research and knowledge in an area than a leetcode monkey, but then qdev probably has way more applicants

twin cloud
frigid zealot
twin cloud
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im just saying to aim for cit europe over us lol

amber yacht
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Me neither

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Any recruiters in here?

hexed rock
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out of anyone to ask why would you ask this mf

lyric loom
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DA VINKY DERIVATIVES

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DA VINKY

opaque sable
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Ho ho ho, hee hee hee. You think you're really funny, don't you? A really funny man? A comedian? A jokester? A comic? A humorist? “They'll chortle with glee!" That's what you thought when you wrote this inane, stupid, pathetic comment. You really ruined my day. I hope you're glad.

dusk jolt
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can someone explain how one is supposed to passed the Zap-N protion of the optvier challenge?

lost current
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🍿

low vault
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Physics moment

lost current
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gg, birth diff

frigid zealot
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Hehe that’s all i need tho hopefully

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I didnt have the quant startup internship hehe

lost current
frigid zealot
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That’s true

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I’ll try to get a referral this year tho

lost current
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like too much smaller quant firms out here for it to look super nice

dusk jolt
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if u fail a single test case in the coding challenge for optiver is there even point in finishing the rest?

lusty mantle
signal gorge
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hey! in what way was it interesting if u dont mind me asking lol

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also did u interview for swe or qr or qt

low vault
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Whatd they askkkk

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Thats strange, maybe follow up with them

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Also nice CF pfp lol

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Mhmmm

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But best to ask

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Maybe they forgot or smth

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Whend you reply?

runic grotto
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I think we got ghosted

low vault
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Oh thats strange

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Oof

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:(

neat junco
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Kepl I finished final several weeks ago

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Still waiting for the offer decision stuff

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Nah their full time

low vault
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Glglglgl

neat junco
#

I think they literally interviewed everyone

low vault
#

How

neat junco
#

And might only give 2 offers

low vault
#

Surely thats not temporally possible

neat junco
low vault
signal gorge
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are you guys talking about swe or qr/qt

signal gorge
low vault
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Swe

lost leaf
#

is this some new trendy restaurant

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man these nyc places have gone out of control

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hes 30

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most rigorous biostatistics program

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you get an MS in the first two years or so of a PhD

#

i mean if you have a shit profile it gives you time to build one up.

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just nepotism harder

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if you have a skill issue you can always go to statistics!

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systems is significantly less competitive.

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systems outcomes is dubious though.

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TCS is pretty competitive isnt it?

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theoretical cs

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@quiet meadow

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you hear this

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hope

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i mean you can get academia/industry research still if you do stuff like inference/training speed optimization copium

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and also dubious compared to graphics

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IMO move right now for resume issue'd CS applicants might actually be graphics

lost leaf
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I'm Aperture's advisor

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I'm bald

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with how much work I get near conf deadlines these days I wish that was me

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you have hope hopium

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copium the 100 hour weeks are worth it copium

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it's moreso a steady 40-50 hours with a spike near big ML conferences.

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see u at cs systems phd!

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(i'll be your advisor)

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you should be more worried about whether i ever let you graduate

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infinite SWE labor @ 80 hours a week for 30k a year says otherwise

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im pretty sure this has unironically not bad academic outcomes

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nevermind

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but im sure you could spin it into something with the CMU name copium

rugged rampart
#

Anyone knows what to expect for drw phone?

main totem
rugged rampart
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Swe

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Intern

main totem
#

gl

languid acorn
#

Anyone got a Bridgewater offer yet for summer 2024

lyric loom
rugged rampart
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have someone diff

rose holly
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Did you go

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You need to force recruiters to give you link on the spot

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If they don’t comply then suck they toes

clear grove
main totem
#

basically same

amber yacht
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What major

static musk
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haven’t gotten scheduled w mara either

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yes they do

amber yacht
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Damn

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Did you use a different resume or just a swe one lol

robust totem
#

bro became a business major

amber yacht
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I really don’t think case studies are hard

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I did one before without prep and I just made up stuff on the spot lol

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Fair

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If you see certain keywords and know it’s an M&A

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That’s half the battle

amber yacht
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Dayum

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Give referral

low vault
#

omg can i be referred to vice dean of nyu

tired yacht
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What’s up quarters

#

I really hope I get Jane street this year

solar axle
#

Why does life have to be so stressful all the time?

solar axle
tired yacht
#

What’s MP

solar axle
#

I’m stressed out my guy 😭🙏

tired yacht
#

I only know trader (money maker) and swe (bitch)

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Yes

solar axle
tired yacht
#

Honestly if it was between marriage pact and Jane street

solar axle
#

I’m majoring in finance

tired yacht
#

I would have a really tough choice

solar axle
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Cause I like math and money

tired yacht
#

Not joking btw

robust totem
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@solar axle why u don't apply to insurance companies bro

solar axle
#

Finance majors like math and money

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Cs majors like coding

robust totem
solar axle
#

Math majors love proofs

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Finance should lowkey be the highest paying major now thinking about it

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Econ is too broad

tired yacht
#

I think that’s the best position at these places right?

solar axle
#

But ofc cs is the best major

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Nothing beats that

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The highest paying major

solar axle
#

QT at js is a mix of qr qt swe

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It’s the best role since it’s has all of the 3 major roles combined

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And it’s the highest paying role

runic grotto
solar axle
#

They’re also treated as a first class citizens over swe

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Since they’re the roles that make the most money

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Pnl for the qt part

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On average cs is the highest paying major

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Nothing beats it

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I guess

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But I feel like they do research stuff after market hours

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And the swe is ocaml/python stuff since they teach them in the boot camp

tired yacht
runic grotto
solar axle
#

With any degree, you just gotta pass the interview. But quantitative degrees are preferred like cs, math, ee, physics, stats

runic grotto
#

Well you can still probably pass phone

solar axle
#

Ye

solar axle
runic grotto
#

But final won't be easy

solar axle
#

I head opposite

robust totem
solar axle
#

I heard final is easy and the other rounds are the hardest

tired yacht
solar axle
tired yacht
#

Is this like that leetcode thing I’ve been hearing about?

solar axle
#

Quant major has a lot of math in it

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Any degree that requires a lot of math is a quant major

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Js qt role has all 3 but not all firms are like that though

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Thats why I like js so much

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I like the culture

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The perks

queen sorrel
#

Wait so what’s the difference?

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QR makes models, QT trades the models?

solar axle
#

No it’s true

#

Watch the videos of the traders at Jane street

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I’ve talked to a js trader and he said it’s a mix of the 3

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They do research outside work hours

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Code in ocaml/python which is the swe

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They rarely have it though

#

Which firms list?

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Yeah

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He means like day trading

brisk trellis
#

ew*

sand willow
#

yal lknow when you get akuna oa2

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for trading

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after doing first OA

brisk trellis
#

ahh

solar axle
lyric loom
#

@solar axle u decided to unblock me ❤️

brisk trellis
#

i trade based off reports like before nvidia’s boom i read a report on their ai shit so i bought a couple of shares

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then it went to 450$ from ~260$

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270*

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but i just do that on the side

#

i want to do quant shit for my job

queen sorrel
#

That’s like luck trading

brisk trellis
#

in the future

brisk trellis
queen sorrel
#

You can actually day trade off technicals

brisk trellis
#

like what

#

how do you know if the stock is going to go up down or sideways while day trading

queen sorrel
#

Like you could do a simple MACD or RSI strategy

#

Or identify candlestick patterns

brisk trellis
#

isn’t that like astrology or some shit

queen sorrel
#

I lost way too much on biotech fda approvals

solar axle
#

It’s changing though

#

They’re switching to data science

queen sorrel
#

I’m saying day traders not QT

brisk trellis
#

candlesticks = astrology in my book

solar axle
#

Check their description

#

You'll learn how Jane Street applies advanced machine learning and statistical techniques to model and predict large datasets. Through a series of classes and activities, you will analyze things such as real trading data, simulated marketdata, and prediction markets. You'll gain an understanding of the differences between textbook machine learning and its application to noisy and complex financial data.

#

It’s in their description

queen sorrel
#

I like data

solar axle
#

Yes I know

brisk trellis
#

@blissful kite do thoust work at a quant firm

queen sorrel
#

QR or QT?

brisk trellis
#

how long did it take to get your first internship

#

like which year

#

junior?

#

senior?

#

sophomore?

solar axle
#

“I'm not sure about the hedge funds like DE Shaw or Two Sigma but in the market making space: Optiver, Jane Street, IMC etc. there is a big shift right now towards data science. MM firms especially love FAANG people. They look for people who not just know the libraries well but genuinely have a deep dive understanding of the models and the mathematics. However one YOE is not that amazing and typically most ML hires have research experience. So I'm not sure how competitive your background makes you for a QR role. But I can definitely see you landing a QDev role.”

brisk trellis
#

dayum

#

did you need like a faang internship before that or

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or is it all networking

#

holy fuck

solar axle
#

@blissful kite you so mean

brisk trellis
#

what

queen sorrel
brisk trellis
queen sorrel
#

Well that too

brisk trellis
#

my brother

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how

#

what university

lost leaf
queen sorrel
#

But quant is more for be smart then know someone

brisk trellis
#

did you go to a t20 school

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idk

queen sorrel
#

not HYPSM? I’m gonna guess Cornell

brisk trellis
#

like was your school like near the top

rugged rampart
#

T20 bro

#

It's how many ts are in the name of ur school

brisk trellis
#

real

#

@blissful kite so did you get the internship based of school prestige or luck

#

holy

wintry tendon
#

bro is a genius

rugged rampart
#

nah pocket cracked

wintry tendon
#

its all skill

brisk trellis
#

my brother got in with no experience

queen sorrel
#

@brisk trellis go focus on applying to college

brisk trellis
#

passed the interview

brisk trellis
brisk trellis
#

imma go do that now

queen sorrel
#

For CS it is

#

Ight so the strat is mass apply

#

Then see who’s resume screen you pass

brisk trellis
#

are all of the firms in the pinned message good?

queen sorrel
#

I’m gonna include SWE bc it’ll help get past quant screens

queen sorrel
brisk trellis
#

ight

queen sorrel
#

That’s like a full list of firms

solar axle
#

@queen sorrel wuts ur major?

queen sorrel
solar axle
#

Ah

queen sorrel
#

. . .

sand willow
#

lmao

#

yea

#

wdym

#

radix simp list

#

?

brisk trellis
queen sorrel
#

I’d say that

#

He is a HSer

brisk trellis
#

i’m a junior in hs

#

i’m doing an internship at t-mobile i’m trying to optimize my tc fr

queen sorrel
#

USACO plat too

brisk trellis
#

okay sir

queen sorrel
#

Bro get into college first

#

I’m a freshman and I’m set to try and maximize tc

#

Oh and you got to win ISEF

solar axle
queen sorrel
solar axle
#

Oh wow

queen sorrel
# solar axle Oh wow

By set I mean I’m not behind anyone else, I got 1 unpaid data science internship from HS

#

But he doesn’t have another summer for rsi

sand willow
#

rsi is "nice"

#

🤣

queen sorrel
#

He’s an upcoming sr I think

sand willow
#

bro just apply to college lmao

lusty mantle
#

if he had a shot at rsi he wouldn’t be here asking how to max his tc

sand willow
#

^

#

where u tryna apply

brisk trellis
sand willow
#

you took ur sat yet

#

🤣

brisk trellis
#

yea but i threw

#

1470

queen sorrel
#

He’s accepted he’s going to non flagship state school too

brisk trellis
#

i’m taking another one this october

queen sorrel
brisk trellis
#

shooting for perfect math

queen sorrel
#

Quant firms ask for that stuff

brisk trellis
#

no they don’t

#

trust

queen sorrel
#

Bridgewater and I think citadel did

lusty mantle
#

sat is the least of ur quant worries

brisk trellis
lusty mantle
#

focus on maxing ur school or you’ll get gapped so hard

queen sorrel
#

Did you do AMC?

brisk trellis
#

my brother i didn’t know what that was till i logged in here

brisk trellis
queen sorrel
brisk trellis
#

real

lusty mantle
#

yeah obv he isnt landing ivy+ but salvage it

brisk trellis
#

i mean i might get into uw cause im in state

#

also alumni connections so hopefully they can put in a good work for me

#

and im straight As in recent quarters

queen sorrel
#

UW cs would be great

brisk trellis
#

and t-mobile internship if that even means anything

queen sorrel
brisk trellis
queen sorrel
#

College admissions are random

brisk trellis
#

swe

queen sorrel
#

Good for freshman internship though

lusty mantle
#

it’s not useless but it’s suboptimal for college apps

brisk trellis
#

but im also defacto leading the rest of the interns in the project and doing code reviews

lusty mantle
#

better than nothing or a mickey mouse camp

brisk trellis
#

so can i write about that in my essay?

queen sorrel
#

If you can write a good essay out of it

#

I wrote about making lattes🤷🏻‍♂️

brisk trellis
#

my brother

#

its always these ivy people writing about lattes and maple trees

#

fuck

queen sorrel
#

A kid from my school wrote about cooking and copped Harvard

brisk trellis
#

yes

queen sorrel
#

@brisk trellis got Cs

brisk trellis
#

freshman and junior straight As

#

so not ivy level

lusty mantle
#

whats ur gpa

brisk trellis
#

but hopefully uw level

queen sorrel
#

How many AP/DE?

brisk trellis
#

all of them 💀

brisk trellis
#

doing running start

queen sorrel
#

Bet

#

Good shot at UW then

brisk trellis
#

2 years ahead in math

queen sorrel
#

He can blame Covid though

#

Or wait was that post Covid

brisk trellis
#

freshman was covid for me

#

i mean uw in state should be the easiest for me out of the t20 schools

queen sorrel
brisk trellis
#

cause im in state and they like running start (i think?)

queen sorrel
#

UW is a T20?

#

Or just for cs

brisk trellis
#

yea depending on the list

#

cs is t20

#

but they arent known for quant shit so yea

queen sorrel
#

Idk why I didn’t apply for UW CS

brisk trellis
#

shit

brisk trellis
queen sorrel
#

Nah

#

I applied to UW for finance

brisk trellis
#

did you get in?

queen sorrel
#

Yeah with merit

brisk trellis
#

uw out of state cost too much and it is like a 3% acceptance rate oos vs 27% in state

brisk trellis
queen sorrel
#

OOS tuition is still prolly better the 80k I’m paying now

brisk trellis
#

80k per year???

#

bro needs that 100/hr quant internship

lusty mantle
#

what else besides brown were u considering

queen sorrel
#

Ivy tuition smh

queen sorrel
#

Business

#

I applied for the Turing+business and they accepted me to just business honors but then thew in half tuition

#

UT admissions are weird

#

And WashU is fake T20

solar axle
#

If you guys don’t break quant, what you guys wanna do?

brisk trellis
queen sorrel
#

SWE or S&T

#

Maybe grad school

runic grotto
brisk trellis
#

isnt that a french cathedral?

queen sorrel
#

Football players and Catholics

#

They are

brisk trellis
#

bro there are 100 t20

queen sorrel
brisk trellis
#

what their methodology

#

for rankings

queen sorrel
#

They choose

brisk trellis
queen sorrel
#

Best list I’ve seen

#

But yeah northwestern over university of spoiled children

obsidian flare
#

ye

brisk trellis
#

can you sneak uw in there

#

pretty please

queen sorrel
#

US only list

brisk trellis
#

wtf is a harvey mudd

queen sorrel
#

Put Mich over USC

brisk trellis
#

bro why am i hearing schools ive never heard about here

queen sorrel
brisk trellis
#

notre dame

queen sorrel
#

USC ain’t worth 90k

#

Yeah

brisk trellis
#

@blissful kite where did you go if you dont mind me asking

#

huh?

#

ohhh

woven summit
#

Whats this channel for?

queen sorrel
woven summit
brisk trellis
#

3828 Piermont Dr, Albuquerque, NM

lyric loom
#

slime

woven summit
#

Sure

solar axle
#

I wonder if it gets any easier once I get offers

#

I wanna know the feeling

lyric loom
#

Trameshark

woven summit
#

Says a socially inept discorder

brisk trellis
#

so i dont need an ivy or t20 for quant?

#

thank god

#

i was stressing there for a moment

solar axle
#

Who?

queen sorrel
#

Most QT/QR don’t even have OA right?

woven summit
#

Nah fr tho what does quants mean?

brisk trellis
#

no clue what that means but ok

solar axle
queen sorrel
woven summit
solar axle
#

I’m confused lol

queen sorrel
#

Really? I thought it was phone usually

brisk trellis
#

ohhhh

#

so like technical interviews?

queen sorrel
lyric loom
#

yes

brisk trellis
#

or also algorithms and stuff?

queen sorrel
#

Idk lol only got 1 and failed it

#

But P&G OA doesn’t count anyways

brisk trellis
#

which level

#

and calc type math or stats

#

or both

solar axle
#

Lies

brisk trellis
#

there's more?

#

oh shit

#

im stupid

queen sorrel
#

Yeah ik I’m trying to scare him

#

That’s easy

#

Bro just googled types of math

brisk trellis
#

should i just become a math major if i get into uw bothell cause they cs program is literally too much practical swe stuff and not as much theory and math

queen sorrel
#

Dual major

brisk trellis
#

okay

queen sorrel
#

Also don’t you still need to take algebra?

brisk trellis
#

by the time i enter university ill be done with calc 4

#

is that good?

queen sorrel
#

Didn’t you say last night you needed algebra?

brisk trellis
#

unless i go to uw

runic grotto
#

4 or 3.5

rose holly
#

i don’t think these are types of math

#

types of math are pure math applied math etc

#

i’m not even a cs student

#

simple fax

#

idk i just saw this list and a couple of msgs

#

lol i’m not even in stem

#

u probably know how to solve ml questions

#

i wish i was a nerd tho

#

wouldn’t regret it

solar axle
#

I wish I had a life

brisk trellis
solar axle
#

I wish I had more fun in college

brisk trellis
solar axle
#

Wasted years grinding so much 😭

rose holly
solar axle
#

Aww ❤️

solar axle
rose holly
#

quants have no life

tulip sapphire
#

based

#

cringe

#

chae and uhhhh have gotten to u

brisk trellis
rose holly
#

if u get 400k tc that doesn’t mean u have a good life per se

#

what u gonna do with 400k as a quant working on math models for hours

brisk trellis
#

bro im not a quant yet so i got no life and no tc

rose holly
solar axle
rose holly
#

what’s that

#

i am not american

#

ivy unis are in new england

brisk trellis
#

@rose holly your ass self conscious stop deleting your messages

#

we dont talk about that

#

you win

late bear
#

theres probably some non-compete right

tawny belfry
#

most companies dont even ask for refs rt

#

outside of quant

brisk trellis
#

is there like a quant guide

#

like what do quants even do in their day to day

#

mostly math or cs

#

do QTs even do that much math?

#

how did you guys find out about quants in the first place?