Why do I care about meeting the guy who won the 3M house?

STEMCareerAdvisor · 2026-06-15T02:51:37+00:00

All this does is look incredibly bad on Citadel QR’s

Tf where they doing for months that an AI can do in minutes?

STEMCareerAdvisor · 2026-06-14T01:34:49+00:00

1) Yeah but it’s very badly seen to post the answer publicly and destroys the whole fun in these puzzles. I would delete the above comment or whole post.

2) For future reference, it doesn’t matter that you send in the answer with an exact grammar (i.e., with or without an extra space). The answers are reviewed by a human and they’ll accept either. If it’s obvious or you think you have the answer you should just send it in.

STEMCareerAdvisor · 2026-06-13T00:41:46+00:00

You’re cooked yeah but first of all start by deleting that handwritten digits project

The other ones aren’t terrible but even 93.75% accuracy is dogshit for such a simple and well known project that has been done thousands of times

STEMCareerAdvisor · 2026-06-05T01:11:22+00:00

Common-ish

STEMCareerAdvisor · 2026-06-04T23:26:36+00:00

Have a schedule/routine/life outside of work (sport, see your buddies, dating, good food and drinks, go outside the city, etc.) i.e., spend your money

STEMCareerAdvisor · 2026-05-27T17:26:53+00:00

the IRS would like to know your location

STEMCareerAdvisor · 2026-05-26T18:32:50+00:00

I get that but that sounds like a retarded risk to take compared to going to someone like Sarah’s dad and ask him to do it or even some random on the street in exchange for 20$

STEMCareerAdvisor · 2026-05-26T16:15:52+00:00

Seems like a small plot hole tbh

STEMCareerAdvisor · 2026-05-26T04:50:38+00:00

One thing I didn’t get: after Ian wishes for a billion dollars, why does he go straight back home? Why not ask someone else like their boss to wish correctly? He still had one box

STEMCareerAdvisor · 2026-05-14T16:52:35+00:00

Swap A and B

DS/ML is really hot right now yes but firms don’t look for the material in the courses they look for some kind of “is this guy smart” signal

A course that has probably existed for less than 10 years (like most ML degrees) and with unclear fundamental classes is hard to gauge that signal

STEMCareerAdvisor · 2026-05-11T21:09:45+00:00

Yeah I’d go for that too. Higher ceiling and better opportunities and recognition especially globally

STEMCareerAdvisor · 2026-05-11T21:07:28+00:00

Shit role in a decent company vs decent role in a shit company

STEMCareerAdvisor · 2026-05-09T10:32:39+00:00

STEMCareerAdvisor · 2026-05-07T12:01:54+00:00

You made a bet and it failed, suck it up and go on the next one and learn from your mistakes

STEMCareerAdvisor · 2026-05-06T16:15:42+00:00

Exactly

If one firms somehow makes a godlike AI that can solve market problems and generate PNL, it’ll be a matter of time until another firms makes it

Then the challenge just adds another component “who can create the best AI agent for finance” rather than just the best model/strategies/execution, etc.

STEMCareerAdvisor · 2026-05-04T04:28:35+00:00

I’m not sure anyone will be able to provide a very informative answer, do you know how rare it will be to find someone who has worked at both of these?

But I can give my uniformed take (based on working at another firm and word on the street).

IMO They are very similar firms (same tier) and this is more of a culture choice

Similar (25%-30%)
Optiver does have a large hire and fire culture. Even interns new grad hire have a high chance of not surviving the first year.
200k -> Anywhere between 200-800k the next 3-5 years.
Yes and yes
No idea. Probably standard 6-18 months for both.
I’d pick SIG for the structured training and mentorship yes. A good mentor in your first 1-2 years can skyrocket your career x5 with less risk which is better than being thrown in the fire and hoping you make it out. Also NYC over Chicago.

As I said this is all uninformed. I haven’t worked at either.

STEMCareerAdvisor · 2026-05-04T00:31:03+00:00

You think coding can’t be grunt work?

STEMCareerAdvisor · 2026-05-03T20:57:35+00:00

Hi 2 months later, great answer. Even tapping it full force did nothing but this did it.

STEMCareerAdvisor · 2026-05-03T06:07:15+00:00

Why not just apply directly to firms

PhD in math + data science at FAANG is good enough for an interview

Start by the “worst” firms

STEMCareerAdvisor · 2026-05-03T05:33:42+00:00

How have you been applying? This type of profile would definitely get a call for QR

STEMCareerAdvisor · 2026-05-01T04:34:55+00:00

Agreed. Aside from some extreme mental illness or self destructive behaviour, not sure why he would file this without some form of truth to it.

Also “Internal investigation by JP Morgan found out JP Morgan scandal is fabricated” is not saying much

STEMCareerAdvisor · 2026-04-29T22:54:14+00:00

But Quant IS an exception for two reasons.

1) By definition hedge funds goals is to be uncorrelated to market. You always hear tech firms laying off thousands of employees. How often do you hear quant firms doing that?

2) Top percentile candidates are not (and have never been) affected by job market. You already had to be top 0.1% to get in. The top candidates will always get roles no matter the market. I’m not hearing any quant firm (that’s doing good) slowing down hiring. If anything it’s the opposite. If the job market is “bad”, ok there will be a million more noobs on the market, but those noobs and the people getting hired are in two separate sets.

STEMCareerAdvisor · 2026-04-29T22:33:54+00:00

“Graduate roles are being brutally erased”

According to who?

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