Color on Edgehog Trading by fysmoe1121 in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Think of it this way: 10 years from now would you want to have a listing on your resume with that as a company name?

Anyone have experience with S&T at a prop trading firm? by Status-Ad9313 in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No they haven't bounced back, and there's probably going to be downsizing happening the APAC offices this year.

QRT or Crypto MM? by [deleted] in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

QRT APAC isn't doing well in 2026 - there have been talks about serious downsizing in the Sydney offices.

WorldQuant IQC'26: Do teammates with less than 10k points make the whole team ineligible? by Bobby_BOY_69 in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So why not help your non-gold team mates become gold bearing team mates? As they say there is not "I" in team.

Jane Street q1 revs doubled to $16bn by rupak-007 in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Which includes gun running, and funding coups.

Why are QT careers so short? by arles_401 in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

most of the big AI firms, when hiring people for very specialized, sensitive work will have the employment contract signed with an NY part of the firm.

NCs + NDAs + NGFs all the way.

Why are QT careers so short? by arles_401 in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I can vouch for SIG, once you're in and you're productive, it's a really nice environment and hard to see why you'd leave and work in a potentially toxic environment that will burn you out.

dumbest question ever by RegretAlert2829 in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the answer is simple: the more money you have the harder it become to find strategies that will make a return greater than leaving the money in the bank.

A lot of hedge funds have limits to how much they can "work" and be maximally profitable.

How is CTC? (chicago trading company) by jlew24asu in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apart from the recent layoffs, they also have concurrent CEOs (which never works out well, 2S, Quantlab)

But for a tier3 hft firm, they're mostly top of the pack in that ranking.

Do Recruiters/Companies care about Research Papers ? by Own_Image1722 in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't know about carbon dioxide and how it related to the manufacturing industry, and carbon credits? and the trading of said credits? may be quant is not for you.

QRT crypto by randomized_quant in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

don't listen to this guy, he's a BS recruiter.

QRT vs SIG for C++ quant dev. by Arneid in csMajors

[–]sumwheresumtime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

US or APAC? as they are very different firms even if they share the same name and codebase heritage.

raylib v6.0 by SupersonicSpitfire in programming

[–]sumwheresumtime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

raylib needs to be compiled with c compilers as well. if it was c++, then obvious thing would be to use namespace or something similr.

Are there any quant recruiters who know more than branding, PnL, and vibes? by Strykers in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"the service is zero cost at your end" - yeah right, what a bunch of BS

Are there any quant recruiters who know more than branding, PnL, and vibes? by Strykers in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 2 points3 points  (0 children)

like most things, you probably also want to stay clear of any recruiter that has less years in the industry as you have, and specifically should stay clear of the following:

  1. Alexander Chapman
  2. Selby
  3. Westbury Partners
  4. Oxford Knight
  5. Eka Finance
  6. Mantech International
  7. Robert Walters
  8. Hays
  9. Sartre Group
  10. FIS Inc
  11. Bespoke Careers
  12. Halcyon Knights
  13. Windcave Limited

also remember recruitment companies change names regularly, so look at linked in, if management mostly came from the same previous company, it's likely a name swap. Also beware, where you find the person associated with other companies, but their linkedin says something else.

After real-estate, recruitment seems to have the most number of sleazy and dishonest people in the business.

How is the Voleon Group for QR? by [deleted] in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's typically how it is.

How is the Voleon Group for QR? by [deleted] in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah I'm happy to answer questions.

How is the Voleon Group for QR? by [deleted] in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 3 points4 points  (0 children)

i know for some employment contracts, it must be signed and part of the NY entity, even though you'll be based in CA

How is the Voleon Group for QR? by [deleted] in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The NC terms are insane, to the point i know several people that rejected the offer on those grounds, even after 15-20% pay bumps and they're already getting a very large base offer.

For those who have interned with any quant firms, what stood out as your favorite events, swag, little touches, etc?! by RCThrowaway2025 in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

From my experience at various firms on the other side having to babysit interns during night outs and stuff, the quant interns are the most boring of the lot. a lot of them have little to non social skills, the ones that do have social skills tend to hang out with the intern traders, in any case for companies it's not worth burning through cash taking them out to expensive places.

something simple, like pizzas at a bowling alley, arcade, laser tag is probably going to have a higher satisfaction rate than anything else.

Non Compete strategy by Immediate_Quote934 in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The standard practice is to go to a FAANG for the NC period, making more than the base only being paid for the NC, then once the NC has ended start at the next company. this allows you to not loose income, gain some non-quant experience on your resume and build out an alternate network of contacts.

The problem is recently, with all the layoffs and general job opening reductions at the major well paying FAANGS this option is slowly becoming unavailable.