#quants-n-traders

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stable zephyr
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so I'll get a good lor by doing research first year, and a different good lor by doing research second year

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I'll have 2 years of research (hopefully) by the time I apply for the ms

midnight scroll
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depends how competetive your school is ig

stable zephyr
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I just gotta grind

midnight scroll
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wdym 30%

stable zephyr
midnight scroll
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ah

stable zephyr
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as in the bs students who wanna do the bs/ms

midnight scroll
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yeah idk 2 is just really short. You're probably gonna regret it

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Im only doing 3 because I feel bad if I waste OOS tuition doing nothing

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looking for any coop or abroad semester to push at this point

stable zephyr
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lmaooo

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oxford phd is only 3 years so tbh might be worth

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udub

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🤷‍♂️
for some research engineer positions, it seems that masters with a research thesis helps

stable zephyr
stable zephyr
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in usa??

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you are taking about a phd in cs at a top university right

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and you are saying it can be done in 3 years???

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I've never seen a researcher who did phd in cs that took shorter than 4 years, let alone 3

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its good for ml/ai

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lets you do more interesting work in the future

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a phd in systems has a low ROI

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well I was considering orbital gravitation theory

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considering how big your mom is

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well math major

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💀

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phd in cs theory sounds interesting

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like optimization

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but also too much work 🥱

stable zephyr
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opportunity cost between 3 year phd and a 7 year phd

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you don't need 3 quant internships 😭

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if I did a phd in cs I wouldn't be targeting quant anyways

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if I wanted quant I would go for phd in stats

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I mean yes you could

true nest
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but also most phd students there do not recieve full funding offers

stable zephyr
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wdym?

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I'd argue it depends on the field

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ml/ai is very competitive

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but not as many students are gonna do systems

true nest
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it is trivially easy to land industry positions compared to top school phd

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even in lesser competitive fields

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oops replied to wrong comment

stable zephyr
true nest
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most people at my program do like 5-5.5

stable zephyr
true nest
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some people even delay graduation to wait out a bad job market or to get more papers and traction going out of phd into new phd grad recruiting

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this is a t10 ml program with good funding

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so idk if its the same elsewhere

stable zephyr
true nest
stable zephyr
true nest
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if you are worried about the duration of the program and want to get out as soon as possible, you might want to just go into industry instead... lol

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it takes people several years to even build the profile to get into a good program.

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one thing some people do is apply to random adjacent fields like applied math or statistics instead but that usually ends up in them working on research that is "cs research but like 10 years ago and not as good" tier at best. cs research is already not very good so that's not a terrific sign

little oxide
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Bro said PhD is 3yrs 💀

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Unc on some sweet sweet Crack

stable zephyr
little oxide
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Loxford💀

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Lambridge

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They need masters before PhD lol

peak egret
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its very easy to lie abt grad date

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i did it

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but realistically

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you want as long as possible to recruit lol

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so i reccommend doing all 4

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or at least 3

neon mirage
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can you intern after your senior year and turnaround and comeback FT after that summer?

little oxide
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Makes sense

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How can they invite u for both

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💀💀

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U grad when?

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Or? 💀

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Bros grad date is a bernoulli random variable

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If it's 2025 u would be eligible for ft only

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If it's 2026 u can apply for intern

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And u also missed 5r wintern If u were 2026

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Just don't do PhD in biostatistics and you would be fine

little oxide
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Put 2026 and do intern bro

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U lackin

quasi orbit
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hi everyone, im trying to get into top firms like radix/rentech/headlands/js/wolverine trading. how can i prep?

weary nacelle
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Bro snuck in wolverine

midnight scroll
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bro snuck in javascrpit

neon mirage
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Bro snuck in radix sort

peak egret
vague forge
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radix deez nuts

little oxide
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💀

peak egret
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bro thinks sneaked is a word

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💀

little oxide
peak egret
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ill have you know i scrub real well

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i crap rainbows and cupcakes kid

little oxide
peak egret
little oxide
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We welcome that

remote mural
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what’s the strat for answering questions like “why do you want to work in finance? why do you want to work for our company” for people that are considering switching into the industry from standard SWE

cyan ridge
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Not to be that guy, but should probably genuinely figure that out before deciding to switch into the industry

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Like if you plan on memorizing some shit you read on reddit b/c you don't have real reasons why you want to switch, you prob won't last very long

deep cargo
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I want to bring liquidity to the markets because I believe that by working as a software engineer in quant hft, I can truly make a positive impact on the world. When I help maintain market liquidity, I'm essentially ensuring that the financial gears run smoothly and efficiently.

You know, it's about more than just numbers on a screen. It's about helping individuals, businesses, and even entire economies thrive. By ensuring that buyers and sellers can easily connect and trade, I'm contributing to a fairer and more transparent marketplace. This means that when someone wants to invest their hard-earned money or a company wants to raise funds for expansion, they can do so without unnecessary hurdles.

Reducing transaction costs might not sound glamorous, but it's a big deal for everyday people and institutional investors alike. Imagine being able to invest your savings without worrying about hefty fees eating into your returns. That means more money in your pocket to achieve your dreams and plan for the future.

Also, think about the times when the market gets turbulent. By maintaining liquidity, I'm actually helping to prevent wild price swings and sudden crashes. This stability isn't just important for Wall Street; it directly impacts the pension funds, retirement accounts, and life savings of people all over the world. Knowing that their financial security is being looked after brings peace of mind to countless individuals.

So, when I say I want to bring liquidity to the markets, it's not just about algorithms and trading strategies. It's about making a positive difference in people's lives – giving them more control over their financial futures, supporting stable markets, and fostering a stronger global economy. That's what motivates me, and that's what makes me truly happy about the work I do.

peak egret
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and theres a lot of mathematical and data science techniques that can be applied to financial markets

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and as much as it is cliche, things really are fast paced

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you have firms trading in sub seconds

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so just talk about liking hyper optimization etc etc

remote mural
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I think you misunderstood my question entirely

little oxide
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We gotta get our bands up

little oxide
remote mural
peak egret
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i only popped outta my momma for the bag and thats on god.

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its my my GOTDAMN about me smh

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yall dont know i BEEN bout dat papah

little oxide
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💀

near nymph
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talk about how you wanna be a bootlicker for the rich

little oxide
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cs not a real major anyways

neon mirage
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Have y’all reached out for coffee chats w recruiters and avtually lead to anything?

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Yeah… figured as much

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Yeah I don’t go to a target school by any means but I have “good” experience post soph and this summer so I jsut wanna help my chances any way I can

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But I def don’t wanna be that guy who’s like begging in LinkedIn inmails

willow portal
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I did coffee chats with DRW when they came to my uni but basically they'll reach out when apps open in July and added me on LinkedIn

idk if it helps further than that

neon mirage
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That makes sense

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Yeah that’s all I want tbh I’m not expecting handouts loool

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I found this the oppsotive for me for some reason

willow portal
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oh and with IMC too I think

neon mirage
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Yeah, I interviewed at almost every FAANG but only 2 quants lol

willow portal
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def my experience

like radix trading gave me an interview but any faang -> pass

neon mirage
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Whattt THATS wild

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😂😂😂😂😂

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I do have like 4-5 proj I kind of rotate in and out my resume

willow portal
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also quant firms are the only ones that actually appreciate research experience

neon mirage
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Ahh okay

willow portal
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yep I did research in CS theory got responses

My friend did a lot of OS research also did

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approximation algorithms

neon mirage
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Orz

willow portal
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haha doesn't help with LC in any way

in approximation algorithms the algorithm itself is usually not that hard

but proving it is insane (linear programming relaxations, randomized rounding all kinds of probability bounds)

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nah undergrad

brisk ingot
half valve
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nah this is cap

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a good way to break into quant is to get into JS

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cus theyll interview anyone

brisk ingot
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caught lacking

neon mirage
brisk ingot
merry saddle
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We literally have a screencap with the date and time

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But it's fine, there's more proof than just that question

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Proof that won't be changed by you guys

merry saddle
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Don't worry about changing questions now, I wonder how well that holds up in terms of the law

merry saddle
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To each their own, there's some pros to using quantguide that is worth the membership for many people

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Most people aren't as cracked as you are too

neon mirage
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Is a dashboard really a W proj cuz I’m working on one rn lmfao

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It’s like a MERN dashboard with some ML features for future outlook/portfolio growth

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Aw shit

merry saddle
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Automated trading bot 🔥

rugged rampart
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Any Chicago intern/ft servers?

little oxide
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💀💀💀

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Owned that bum

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U stood on bidness

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Who's we it's just u unc

little oxide
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💀

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Unc does not want yall to succeed

merry saddle
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I'm not gonna say where quantguide sources questions. However, if you do think it's all from glassdoor, you are still paying for the collection, cleanliness, and the written solutions for the questions. Some may not think it's worth the price tag which is fine. However a large majority deem it's worth their investment especially given the ROI of landing an offer

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It's like paying for Netflix when you could just pirate all the titles for free. Some like the experience of having everything already laid out for you to study

little oxide
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Hahahhaha

merry saddle
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I don't get why @tepid star thinks quantguide is dead

little oxide
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Tell unc

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Yup

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Wait till unc knows about 1p3a

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😂😂

little oxide
merry saddle
# little oxide It's not on glassdoor

Yea I was just saying, even if you believed you could find all the questions yourself online (which many arent), you're still paying for the convenience factor

little oxide
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That's super +ev

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Seems no brainer

merry saddle
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lol you blocked abd

little oxide
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Unc eyes are super powerful

peak egret
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weather is nice today

little oxide
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Based

peak egret
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i lay down in the grass n look at the clouds sometimes

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purty clouds

little oxide
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☠️☠️

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Tryna Strike a cord that's prolly a minorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

peak egret
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rip

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im from jersey

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so were in the not too hot stage

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itll get worse closer to the end of may

little oxide
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How much is too hot for yall lmao

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Yall say 40C is hot💀💀

peak egret
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anything above 80 tbh

little oxide
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That ain't shit

peak egret
little oxide
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We in 50

peak egret
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i only use freeom units

little oxide
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We in this bitch

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We run this shit

little oxide
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Come to Atlanta

merry saddle
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Stop disrespecting Kendrick like that

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Also Drake is Canadian right?

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Hmmmmm now it's starting to make sense

little oxide
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Stfu

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U a pedo

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Like drake

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Turn around

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Shorty

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We thugging

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We strapped

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U can't go toe to toe with us

merry saddle
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I pray for the day Abd gets an offer

peak egret
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I think y’all just need Jesus

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I am orthodox

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I’m an ortho bro

little oxide
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Fuckin and catholic in same sentence is diabolical

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Unc is super unhinged

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Bro thought he did smtg

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🐒

merry saddle
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🦧

peak egret
radiant verge
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W pfp and name

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whats ur fav song

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ayy this my favourite

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LOL

snow schooner
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guys anyone know chickfila swe TC?

proud fossil
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unlimited chicken patties 8.50/hour

snow schooner
peak egret
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NYC?

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Imma need to find a legit gym there for the summer

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How much

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Damn that’s it?

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Wild

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Imma look into it ty boss

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Oh wait ur an nyu student

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Yeah it’s def more expensive bruh 😭

bright mountain
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that’s crazy

little oxide
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Who gon stop us

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U already were roping in tqd

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What happened to that

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Broke ass can't even buy roppe

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Average desco intern

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And btw they have a lot of behavioral rounds but they clearly aren't capable of judging candidates

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🫵

merry saddle
little oxide
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Yeahh

marsh bear
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anyone get accepted to the five rings virtual info session tmrw?

low vault
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5 dogs drakeno

little oxide
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Yeah its just an information session lol

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they send a link and u can join

little oxide
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Turn around

bright mountain
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what quants really care about gpa

deep cargo
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What gpas really care about quant?

cyan ridge
bright mountain
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💀

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did they say anything lol

cyan ridge
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Didn't respond but obv a rejection lmao

bright mountain
cyan ridge
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I had valid reasons tho so lowkey don't need to be working there

bright mountain
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I need to be 😭😭

cyan ridge
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Nah screw em, they're like the most pretentious firm

bright mountain
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id take anything but i dont think my resume/school is good enough

robust turret
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How do I become a quantitative trader? Where should I start?

brisk ingot
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start trading quantitatively

robust turret
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What is Market Making?

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How do I make a market?

robust turret
vague forge
robust turret
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Man u guys r NOT helpful

vague forge
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how much exp do you have rn

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doing what

robust turret
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Fresh start

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What’s the first step

brisk ingot
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in college or nah

robust turret
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yeah i’m college

bright mountain
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I think you just start trading

robust turret
brisk ingot
# robust turret yeah i’m college

u can prolly find the steps here or on reddit, but in general a lot of probability/statistics studying, mental math, and then just learning market structures n shit

robust turret
vague forge
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have you looked up anything online about where to start yet

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i think there might be stuff

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on reddit

brisk ingot
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yea a lot of things on reddit j search up

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how to prep for qt interviews

robust turret
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Really hoping I get Jane, HRT, DE, 2Sig, Jump, IMC, Optiver, etc..

vague forge
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u got this

robust turret
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Tower, Vatic, Radix, SIG, Cit, Cit Sec

robust turret
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5r

rugged rampart
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get the inverview first

brisk ingot
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^

robust turret
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Just really hoping I get into one of them

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I’m gold in League of Legends

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Is that good enuff

rugged rampart
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🤣

robust turret
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?

vague forge
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no you need to be bronze

robust turret
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There’s a lot of people of LinkedIn without IMO Gold Quantitative Trader

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But if it’s required i’ll just stick to SWE, they still get paid high

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cba cba cba

rugged rampart
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have you been getting interviews @robust turret

robust turret
rugged rampart
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quant

robust turret
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Swe

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sussyhanna international group

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Sig was ez I was just nervous

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Imagine someone leaving u to code in provate for 30, and then coming back to seal your fate

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Nerve wracking

vague forge
robust turret
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El Oh El

rugged rampart
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i think that will help

robust turret
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(Sewey)

rugged rampart
robust turret
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Aye-aye captain 🫡

robust turret
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What has more value C++ high speed, or mern stack

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There we go

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Does this work?

vague forge
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skip the reinterview step

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just ask for an offer

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ez

little oxide
little oxide
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No u wont

brisk ingot
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they'd be relieved ur not working at flow traders

little oxide
little oxide
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u didnt even understand what he said

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smh

deep cargo
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Probably true

solid rampart
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r u going for quant

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wait aren't u in 111 😭

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crazy

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r u sophomore

brisk ingot
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no way its like 100k-ish less than the RO offer

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cost of living is also way better that google

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yea

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chicago is cheap

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yea

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if ur really good at low latency stuff u can pivot easily to other higher paying places

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golden skillset

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god damn

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incoming sig trader fr

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i mean w a rating of 2000 you'll be fine in interview games

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got that intuition

queen pendant
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internal tooling is internal tooling no matter where u work

dark lake
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sup! new to this server, wanted to know info abt quant and how to prep for tech interview

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any resources

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much appreciated

near nymph
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holy gapped bro

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bring that up at the quant interview

dark lake
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great! i will do all of those projects and get back to you on that

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for specific technical interview stuff, any resources that might help?

stable zephyr
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wait I don't know if you are being serious or not lol

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idk about faang, but for quant???

robust turret
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Is a project worth building if it requires no youtube tutorial/any external references (calculator app/todo list/tic tac toe)

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pretty sure most of us can build this w i’s closed

little oxide
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Who is banh

rugged rampart
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Peak5

little oxide
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Tgsmc

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Who tf is banh

midnight scroll
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I only work for firms without letters in their names

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Numbers only

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Wtf never heard of this. There's actually numbers only

little oxide
little oxide
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💀

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Innocent until proven guilty

sacred lark
little oxide
deep cargo
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Ew

strange loom
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if you make a tic tac toe clone that doesn't already tell you the outcome based on the first move then you shouldn't do quant

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an actually interesting project is prolly one you could publish at a conferene

little oxide
strange loom
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what is an ngmi?

little oxide
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yeah

robust turret
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Is a trading bootcamp peak runner up ngmi or it’s chill

brisk ingot
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valkyrie?

little oxide
little oxide
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Yeah Rest in Peace to the GOAT

brisk ingot
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😢

stray sentinel
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Who?

smoky gulch
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🪦

midnight scroll
deep cargo
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“There is one GOAT [greatest of all time]. His name was Jim Simons,” Clifford Asness, managing and founding principal of AQR Capital Management told the Wall Street Journal.

peak egret
hushed scarab
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ur good at chess right, can u give me a hint for the best move; white to move

Screenshot_2024-05-10_at_7.24.16_PM.png
robust turret
hushed scarab
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it was a lichess puzzle

dim pond
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Yeah the simons news was a shocker

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Saw it 1 hr after news broke

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Grateful to have been in a live video call with him (whether he cared or not)

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Most of the conference was the same spiel he always gives, but some exclusive tidbits here and there

robust turret
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Did anyone else notice this shit?

IMG_5673.png
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what the fuck! someone hacked usdcad

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or is it a holiday

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someone explain

fast notch
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Precision is not high enough to show fluctuations

robust turret
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It’s not moving on the tradingview api either

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None of the pairs are moving

merry saddle
low vault
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Source: am canadian

robust turret
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?? I thought fx market closed 5pm est on fridays

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so strange

merry saddle
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For the weekend?

robust turret
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and it’s not moving either, my investment has been sitting at the same returns for… a day now

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like not even a penny move

merry saddle
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Oh sorry yes, it's closed for the weekend

robust turret
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so they must’ve started closing early

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cause it ain’t 5 pm est

merry saddle
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Yesterday

robust turret
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HAHAHAAAHAA

deep cargo
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?

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you mog me

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I need to get back in the gym

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im not at hrt

brisk ingot
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he's actually at radix

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fyi

deep cargo
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I gain a bunch of muscle over the summer and then lose it all during the school year it’s so bad

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Bulk but I don’t really count calories tbh

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Just roughly track my protein

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Eh I’m like 140 rn and even when I was like 170 my face didn’t feel too chubby tbh

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Climber build

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Who’s we

vast relic
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U standing on bidness

low vault
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Radix eur would be bless

merry saddle
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Yea they look for an automated trading bot project on your resume

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Oh wait I read that wrong lol

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I was reading ATS as application tracking system

low vault
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Orz chi

deep cargo
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ur so orz

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Full stack cit is my dream job

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Or jump ui swe

split lintel
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I thought trameski already got Google?

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Apparently most offers are more around 190k
I do know one guy that recently got offered 240k new grad though

deep cargo
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5’9-5’10 ish

midnight scroll
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nvidia tc 500k if u join at right time.

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stock appreciation!!!

deep cargo
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Tbf it’s likely something like 145-150 haven’t weighed myself in a while

midnight scroll
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nah more

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base stock offer

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and then ESPP

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so? I can do basic math lol

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max out 15% ESPP

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ngmi reading ability

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You are getting very mad at a simple fun statement

deep cargo
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170-180 yeah

vast relic
deep cargo
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how tall ru

vast relic
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this would be ur height if u ate chicken

deep cargo
vast relic
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so true

true nest
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solutions architect?

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nvidia has funny job titles

stray sentinel
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Anyone here at wintermute?

robust turret
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“Forward Deployed Engineer” - Palantir

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Do u guys think Big Tech final internship will pass most NG quant swe resume screens

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Or does no quant intern as under grad = cooked

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Thanks

robust turret
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After I heard systematic SWEs make more than QT’s (HRT) could care less about learning game theory in order to make trades 😭. How much is Cit’s NG entry?

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😭😭

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Man I fkin love HRT, sexiest name for a firm ever

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that’s besides the point tho

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?

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I never said that was a role title

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Systematic SWE’s automate trade execution

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I was just describing the position

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Are the positions disjoint?

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Simple google search

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Levels has SWE entry at 400k

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400-500

livid wedge
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algo dev is >= core dev lol

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its much easier to find good core devs than it is to find good qrs

robust turret
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Oh ok bet

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I finished the blind 75

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I’m ready for HRT algo dev

vast relic
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I mean technically they do have algo traders lol

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Or did bc that role disappeared

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I’m pretty sure they had interns last yr but not this yr

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Yeah I know someone who did it

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Maybe they got rid of it

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But yeah like u said I can’t find it anymore

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That’s what I’d assume

zenith whale
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it was just a fad

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theyre basically the same thing as algo dev

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when all the hfts wanted to play semi systematic

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and then they realized they couldnt compete

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and quit

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jump did something similar too

vast relic
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Jump still has qt right

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But they only took like 4 interns or something

zenith whale
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yeah ik a kid from my undergrad doing it this summer

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its a cope role

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yes

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qt at fully systematic shop

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what do u think ur gonna be doing

vast relic
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I know a jump qt intern who said it’s basically qr

zenith whale
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these places have been trying to eat the imc citsec and drw pie for years

robust turret
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cope role is Full Stack Dev 😭

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my god i’d rather eat a jean jacket

zenith whale
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imc seniors are good

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imc good at farming smart money

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but bad at farming dumb money

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but imc has sys options down and as a result every other firm is breathing down their necks

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nah firms dont like imc

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imc sucks at retail flow but they will pick u off

robust turret
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Lack of innovative work, mostly learning existing frameworks there’s minimal reinventing the wheel in this domain

zenith whale
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omm

robust turret
zenith whale
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wat job are u not learning frameworks and applying existing tools

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besides a pure research role

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id argue theres some creativity here

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a lot of stats papers are actually quite interesting

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and are true innovation

civic carbon
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lol

zenith whale
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no

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quant is braindead

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i thought i already made this clear when i said "this is every job except a pure research role"

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quant is not a pure research role

civic carbon
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Well for one I do not think that 100% systematic exists as a permanent strategy

zenith whale
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ur building infra

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ur bonus will be flat for years

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so unless ur a god click trader or something

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which even then

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why are u at a fully systematic shop

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ur doing cope work

civic carbon
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well it's less about how long something is done

zenith whale
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also theres a lot of turnover in these new desks

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so u build infra for 2 years and get churned

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doesnt seem wroth

robust turret
civic carbon
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You would still be documenting risk analysis and working with the team to determine the effectiveness of your strategies

robust turret
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As an algo dev you can’t just do the same thing every time and expect it to work, where as in full stack you pretty much can. Or atleast change is much slower in that domain

zenith whale
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full stack is more braindead sure

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but that doesnt mean quant isnt braindead

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ofc this is all extremely biased

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since im quitting in 2 months

civic carbon
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Well your strategy would have to change over time yes

zenith whale
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yes

robust turret
zenith whale
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thx

civic carbon
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Even at a fully systematic shop you're not putting one-size-fits-all solutions forward

zenith whale
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burnt out americans or money hungry europeans

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ik the type

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not sure we will see

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will keep option open

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u guys put so much emphasis on what ppl were forced into the first 16 years of their lives lmao

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just bc they did olys doesnt mean they want to sit down and think deeply about fundamental concepts for 20 years

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some ppl just want a quick bag and smoke a bowl on the weekends

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we are all humans

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ye

vast relic
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Bros awake it’s abd hours

robust turret
livid wedge
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algo devs code in python

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im p sure the only firms where qrs have to code in c++ is like headlands

robust turret
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Well they code in both, I was mostly referring the algorithms that handle HFT

livid wedge
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no they mostly code in python

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what do you mean by algorithms that handle HFT?

robust turret
livid wedge
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im asking because i dont think you know what an hft does/how its structured

robust turret
robust turret
livid wedge
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all the algo devs ik personally have never touched c++ lol

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my friend went through the entire interview process and never got asked anything besides python

robust turret
livid wedge
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they don't care about ur c++ knowledge its not relevant they have core devs to take care of the low latency

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yes

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ur basing ur entire take off of and/or c++

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and assuming that u can tell everything about how a firm works based on one line from a vague job description

robust turret
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lol when did I say this

livid wedge
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the screenshot "experience programming in python and/or c++"

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i think in systematic trading in general qrs do not have to touch c++, again there will be exceptions

zenith whale
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some qrs touch c++

robust turret
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Ok

livid wedge
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qrs will often have interfaces for this developed by the tech teams

zenith whale
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most ads i know just write python

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regardless its still braindead

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just bc its c++ doesnt make it not braindead lol

livid wedge
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yea i agree

zenith whale
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a job is not supposed to be fun or extremely insightful

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thats why theyre paying u hundreds of thousands of dollars

livid wedge
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like its easy to say algorithms in HFT = complex work

zenith whale
livid wedge
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im saying algorithms != complex

zenith whale
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math olys are in quant so surely its not braindead

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my mopper friend did a line last night and then sent me pics at a strip club

robust turret
zenith whale
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these mfs are not thinking about math bro

robust turret
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No you are

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You

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You

livid wedge
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same lol

robust turret
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😂

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Nah that was kinda funny

zenith whale
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lol i think if u ask around here ppl would say my friend made it

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made 1.2 at top firm last year as trader

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doesnt mean hes not a degenerate

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yea hes cooked

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brain so fried he wont make aime anymore

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but its fine he can just respond to bells in cit office

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oh yeah im joking lol

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hes still pretty smart

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obviously

merry saddle
neon mirage
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Apply and interview and get a job

merry saddle
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thinking about buying all adjacent websites rn lol

merry saddle
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Not sure

robust turret
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how

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?

stable zephyr
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glorified data science and statistics

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I feel like the more I learn about quant

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the more I realize that its just data science people who make a lot of money 💀

zenith whale
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lol just need to read the job description

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ok

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weird

stable zephyr
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*and dancing

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given the pedigree I thought that the work is much more complex

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wait where did amazon come from haha

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anyways I think I just wanna be a business major

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and do brainless excell stuff at evercore

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so do you wanna end up at tech?

robust turret
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I love this cryptic analogy

fast notch
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Plus what you think you'll enjoy more

robust turret
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That was not a good analogy 😂

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but I get it now

robust turret
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?

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He compared 3 completely different sports to 3 interdisciplinary positions 😭

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kekw

robust turret
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It’s like Ikwym

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Your hair is indeed.. Perfect..

rose holly
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do u have a job @atomic quail

deep cargo
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Just like me fr

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I’m in the depths of Chicago

merry saddle
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You see SBF market making in jail?

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Bros finding market inefficiencies wherever he goes

robust turret
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?

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(Firm name not prestige)

image.png
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Best logos

image.png
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How??? maybe outside top 10 yeah, names 1-10 are GOATED AF

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I never said it was good it’s just top three trading firms have shit logos

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CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA CBA

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Why do you think I only did the top 10 logos the rest were unbearable 😭

robust turret
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Have to agree to disagree boss

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you could argue that same logic for any firm that has trading in their name, but I still think HRT is hard, CBA

merry saddle
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Why is Radix at 16

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What are you gonna do now

vast relic
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orz

merry saddle
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HRT also stands for hormone replacement therapy, idk how hard that goes

vast relic
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man group vs hrt/tmg

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who wins

merry saddle
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MAN

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Valkyrie should be on that list

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Solid name

vast relic
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22 vs 25 what

merry saddle
vast relic
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nah bro misspelled

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cant be as bad as the time someone asked me if i was doing "the millenials thing" this summer though

merry saddle
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Schoenfeld is a cool name?

vast relic
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jane street lowk goes hard

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nobody knows what jane street means

merry saddle
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Who's Jane

vast relic
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this makes sense

merry saddle
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Citsec sounds cooler

queen pendant
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all 3 are stupid boring sports

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except figure skaters are bad

peak egret
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im getting there mashallah

robust turret
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“Citadel Securities” sounds way better than “Citadel” alone

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Citadel means fortress on a mountain. This name is demonic. If HRT didn’t exist, it would take the cake

merry saddle
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At least higher than Schonfeld which is just a white guys last name

robust turret
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i’m not even gonna lie

midnight scroll
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^

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if XTX didnt have markets in it

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I think XTX would be kinda neat

robust turret
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Ok that would take #6, i just wasn’t aware of their existence when making this list

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T5 is non nego

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To my grave

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It can’t be

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just can’t

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but atleast we can all agree Sussyhanna is 25 for sure

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god that shit is so ass

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makes me mad

midnight scroll
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Yes

merry saddle
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Why does it matter

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That doesn't look like an Indian

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But good try 👍

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You wanna get into contact with him?

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He benches 315

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Ur def geekin rn

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Listen bud, if you do wanna get into contact with him lmk

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Also, congrats on graduating this year!

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Sorry I don't understand Canadian

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Lmao

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Take our questions/solutions off your websites then

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It's the exact same and it doesn't take a detective to reason it out

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Anyways if you still wanna go down this path, see you in court

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Go ahead

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Android Engineer

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I didn't say anything that's not already been said

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😂

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Listen bro

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Work on other pet projects

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You can def make money doing things that don't deal with copyright!

midnight scroll
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Puzzled Quant because its free 🔥

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respect the cutthroat question space though

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im gonna make mine soon

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QuantitativeQuant

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25$ a month

merry saddle
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As long as you don't directly rip questions, go ahead

midnight scroll
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dw I'll only rip off @tepid star not you

./j

merry saddle
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Lmao

midnight scroll
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cottonIjoe how do I become quant and billionaire

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wow. So deep! I will go land internship at rentech

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I will sleep my way in

merry saddle
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Yup as well as his DMs to me

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And changed his name to @tepid star

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Just spewed random shit

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Feels like he's now realizing the mistakes he's making, just feel bad for the people that subscribed to their website as their subscription won't last the full duration

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Yea

robust turret
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you right i’m bout to update it

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true but don’t make me get on that ass

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i’ll pounce on it now

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be warned

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Susquehanna is gapped everywhere 😭

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Congrats on SIG offer

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Loser

merry saddle
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I thought I was saying Susquehanna correctly for the longest time

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Till I heard Todd Simkin speak

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And he says it completely different

robust turret
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where’s the vid

deep cargo
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A name like mango tango deserves a name like Susquehanna International Group

merry saddle
vast relic
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orz

low vault
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I hope working at a quant firm isnt as bad as this chat

brisk ingot
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hope you like 14 hour days

midnight scroll
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Dutch? What's that? I only know American

merry saddle
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it's English for a cool asf name

robust turret
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Revamped for the congregation: (Name not Prestige):

image.png
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Citadel is ac way better than cit sec after further thought, jane street is just god tier, the definition of "optiver" brought it up 10 levels, Schonfeld also went up it's so hard, five rings pretty basic tbh, SIG is still the bottom..

sullen falcon
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and HRT needs to be way lower i think

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and i think quadrature is much cooler than eg vatix

robust turret
robust turret
sullen falcon
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tower research reminds me of lotr

robust turret
robust turret
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But hey atleast it's not worse than SIG

sullen falcon
robust turret
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😭

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Cit

sullen falcon
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their website is SO COOL

robust turret
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what does antatz mean

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I can

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Cit fall, and someone else winter I forgot tho lemme check

sullen falcon
robust turret
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bro this is gonna make ppl hella insecure 😭

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yh that's prob after u got a foot in

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but if cold applying prob can't get off season

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unless listed

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cause they don't know u

robust turret
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no disrespect

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only disrespect to sig

winged dove
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Failed optiver oa rip

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I did terrible on sequences but did fine on everything else

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Was not being productive lol got off discord to grind out some interviews

deep cargo
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Damn never heard of qt off-season

cyan ridge
wintry tendon
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i think alphagrep is the best name

merry saddle
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Rift speaking facts

robust turret
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?

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How is Arrow > Jane

merry saddle
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The stuff he's saying

merry saddle
winged dove
robust turret
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DRW > Wolverine, cause "Wolverine Trading" sounds like a fking kid's game from Toys R Us

winged dove
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did the sg, sig oas yesterday as well

cyan ridge
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Where tf are you guys getting OAs from? I can't find any jobs that have dropped yet

robust turret
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Maybe there's a strong correlation between how much money a fund has, and how much they can pay their marketers to put forth a good name 😂

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I didn't study any of these firms when making the list, so I can't be biased

merry saddle
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Wolverine, Valkyire, Citadel, and Optiver have the coolest names imo

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Belvedere also pretty cool name

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All the 3 letter acronyms are boring

robust turret
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That'd go below SIG

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Wolverine is top 50% don't see the crash out, it's still good

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idk Valkyire I just think of Seige but i get it

vast relic
robust turret
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Alright "Aperture Science" 🤓, your firms ranking would be infinite

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Yeah maybe if it was an expensive brand, it'd sound better

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i dont make the rules lil bro

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ok and?

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ok

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??

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?

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Ok, glad you're typing your thoughts out.. but what's your point

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are you gonna change the tier list? or keeping yapping

rose holly
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all of these names suck ass expect for citadel

low vault
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ExCUUUUUUSHseMe “D. E, Shaw” should be “D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.” nerd2

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🌚

robust turret
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My eyes are hurting

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Jesus Christ

low vault
merry saddle
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That's exactly what I was gonna say

merry saddle
robust turret
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he wouldn't say any of this IRL

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it's just an insecure man living behind the comfort of his monitor

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pay him no mind

low vault
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Quants_And_Traders

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what % larp

robust turret
merry saddle
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Aperture actually isn't a larp

low vault
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I think it is 100

robust turret
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😭

low vault
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hi fellow larper

low vault
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how is it going as a top trader at Jane Street Citadel River Trading?

low vault
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thats how u be maximum larp duh

rose holly
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im just acting stupid

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🥸

vague forge
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pizza

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when r u getting that quant offer

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yeah

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in waterloo Smile

vague forge
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one day

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keep working hard pizza

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bro gave up

low vault
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U cant

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There r no quant traders

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Everyone here is larping

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I actually work at

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D2l

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As a quality data specialist assurance engineer

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U dont

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D2l is where peiple go to die

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When u type in learn.[censored].com

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They die theit first death

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A one of mind and soul

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Uh

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Techbically i suppose

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I havent done 3b yet tho

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Im zzzzzzzz

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Doing sum spring kleening

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R u S8 or S4

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O she

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Monkas

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U can also get credit from part time I think if u work multiple

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Wait

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Did u opt into we accelerate

low vault
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rippppppppppppppp

low vault
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u become larper

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actually im pre sure im like being max waste rn xd

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thats a very random question lol

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y u ask

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not really in the mood for demographic questions today sry

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believe ->become :O

merry saddle
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Quant traders don't want you to know this one simple trick!

dim pond
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is uiuc good for anything other than cs

vast relic
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U go to uiuc?

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Cracked af

deep cargo
vast relic
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U Wisconsin whitewater

dim pond
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but fr

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seems like 90%+ of quant staff on LI are uiuc cs only

merry saddle
vast relic
merry saddle
vast relic
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Oshkosh b’gosh

midnight scroll
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The normal kind

dim pond
brisk ingot
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mit of the midwest

chrome lichen
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lol do u remember what was on it

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i got one for quant dev

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idk whats on it tho

willow portal
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is Radley James legit? that's some sort of recruiting agency right

low vault
chrome lichen
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Ya I'm chiense

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So not worried about that

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傻逼

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我不是大佬 我是废物

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Joever

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Idk like a week or 2 ago

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Mhm

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Ye idk how passed this screen

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And not walmart

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I don't need sponsor either

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Walmart just hates my ass

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All I ever wanted was to be a Walmart cashier

brisk ingot
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are they gonna fill soon or is it worth waiting a lil to put some summer exp on resume

chrome lichen
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Ahhh ok

chrome lichen
brisk ingot
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do u know if it's auto or if theres a screen beforehand

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if not nw

chrome lichen
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Yes

chrome lichen
brisk ingot
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preesh thanks

low vault
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Im not a reliable determiner of lc difficulty tags tho

chrome lichen
chrome lichen
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Like overall?

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No

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T10 cs yes

dim pond
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So is uiuc cs only targetted or uiuc anything

lusty pewter
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hey,guys

midnight scroll
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uiuc for grainger

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and a few other niche things, I think their vet school is cracked or something

fresh swallow
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anyone interviewed with HAP capital?

willow portal
fresh swallow
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like 1yoe swe

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did you have a 1.5 hr coding round?

willow portal
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is that a superday?

I had an OA, recruiter call, 2 interviews super day, and an interview with the CTO

fresh swallow
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just one interview I think

willow portal
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ohh they ask you OS / C++ trivia and coding is just standard LC (at least for me)

fresh swallow
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how deep is this trivia

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if you remember any of the questions

willow portal
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for intern was super easy

like std::map vs std::unordered_map

process vs thread

TCP vs UDP

midnight scroll
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nvm I looked it up and its only #15

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I thought it was higher

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tbh T15 is still pretty good

winged dove
willow portal
chrome lichen
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Cause half the cs majors there aren't in grainger

midnight scroll
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I'm sure CS+X probably gets the same benefits as grainger CS rep wise tbh

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So I guess grainger and the +x

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I think gies is decent, but indiana is next door which probably overshadows it

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But yeah uiuc claim to fame is engineering

dim pond
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so (uiuc stats) no good for recruiting

midnight scroll
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Headlands interview orz

low vault
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Max dama 😳😳😳😳

brisk ingot
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where is that god damn

dim pond
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ubuntu and sunsets

dim pond
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berkeley -> headlands

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didn't even know this was a thing

quick fog
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bro where are you

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wow thank you i could've never guessed that!

drifting imp
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whats the tier breakdown between citsec, hrt, and js

robust turret
drifting imp
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whats he know

robust turret
drifting imp
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can i dm

merry saddle
drifting imp
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ty

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i applied to hrt kinda recently but not sure if theyre gonna interview me

merry saddle
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But you got JS and Citsec?

drifting imp
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no i also just applied js

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but less interested in js