IBM VS Vanguard

[tall parcel]

yo what

qr? 😭

i'd go qr causes im a quant glazer but faang then go ibm

[sacred prism]

I really don’t know 😭 cause the role sounds super interesting at vanguard

I am interested in data science for quant firms or ml infra so I’m leaning vanguard but idk if can pass resume screening with it

[tall parcel]

you definitely can

its a good enough name in the us i feel

not as big as vanguard but i feel it pays off due to it being qr

i mean not as big as ibm*

[sacred prism]

Hmm ya I got some time but we’ll see cause my priorities

Passing resume screening > work > location

Vanguard location and work are better but if ibm will pass more screens then yk

Thank you

[sacred prism]

Bumping just wanna see any other takes pls

[nocturne tundra]

Vanguard

[grizzled galleon]

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[hard bluff]

IBM

If goal is FAANG or FAANG+ then go with the name. QR role at a firm most people have never heard before won’t set you up for those companies

[hard bluff]

ML infra may be a bit different idk lowkey. I don’t think quant firms have data scientists, usually just SWE’s and Dev’s / researchers

I could be wrong tho 🤨

[sacred prism]

its at https://investor.vanguard.com/ are they really that loweky 😭

[sacred prism]

two sigma has and a couple other smaller firms do but ya most are SWE and Dev, I had a coffe chat with someone from my school who does DS for two sigma and they lowkey were hyping the role up hella

[tall parcel]

vanguard is really a household name to anyone that actually has any knowledge on investing or financial markets in general

its ogod

[hard bluff]

No sorry haha not lowkey in terms of like no one knows what it is. I meant in terms of recruiters from like 2s, they’re not gonna treat it any differently than like Fidelity or JPMC, it all falls under general lower signal portfolio and asset management

That’s entirely my fault

I think ultimately you have to see what direction you’re tryna go in. Like data science roles in general are geared towards MS/PhD, plus they don’t seem to be very prevalent in quant firms. However I’m sure quant research at vanguard appeals to these roles a lot more than IBM For sure, so you gotta see if you wanna take a bit of a risk. Alternatively for FAANG+ SWE roles IBM SWE is obv a lot better of a signal, the skills directly transfer over.

[sacred prism]

yaa I get that that makes a ton of sense thank you

thank you, il prob think about this over the weekend lowkey stumped but what you are saying makes sense

do u think vanguard would help with tryna go into fintech SWE or work in fintech in general?

or if i wanna do SWE at all IBM might be better cause it transfers better

[hard bluff]

For general SWE, IBM is better here overall. Bigger name and more transferrable skills

Idk about fintech, but generally speaking fintech swe and general swe aren't too different until you start entering HFT/Quant firm territory

For ex. IBM SWE vs Capital One SWE vs Visa SWE vs Blackrock SWE are all interchangable in terms of skillset, prestige, and what previous experience they're looking for, even thought 3/4 are fintech

[hard bluff]

Yeah it seems like you just gotta see what direction you wanna go in you know? Like roll the dice and go all in on quant vs. hedge your bets and try and ensure SWE is taken care of, quant is a reach. In any case this is a great thing to be stumped over, so congrats!!!! You officially made it

[sacred prism]

ahaha ya maybe I just flip a coin an decide LOL

[solemn juniper]

if u want to do ML/data go vanguard qr

if u want to be a crud swe go ibm

[tall parcel]

basically come back full circle

😂

[sacred prism]

💀 we have

[sacred prism]

ya I really dont wanna do that

[solemn juniper]

are u larping as a girl to get alpha?

[tall parcel]

tech

[solemn juniper]

sonion

[lunar kestrel]

😭

@hard basalt is this new meta?

new alpha farm method launched

[hard basalt]

I’m gay

I only give alpha to men

[civic apex]

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[plain sluice]

don't be a baby and hide. face them man on!

[stone trail]

you using some rando freshmen from nyu's pfp?

bro tf 😭

[plain sluice]

he weird lowkey

his ops needa jump him for that

[stone trail]

watch op start deleting everything

[lunar kestrel]

lowkey? this shit is HIGHKEY weird

[plain sluice]

YO ALICE U CAN HIDE BUT YOU CAN'T RUN

I will always remember u a weirdo from now on

[tall parcel]

and alice is gone
😭

[plain sluice]

we did gods work

get the weirdo outta here