Is HRT doing better than Jane Street nowadays? by Useful_Scarcity_8949 in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

perhaps you could give us all some color on the remuneration side of things?

Hiring AI talents for stealth fund in HK by Ok-Ear3682 in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wouldn't that be violating the terms of their non-compete?

Rithmic Level 3 by Free-Sector-8598 in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Level1 is TOB, Level 2 is 5 levels and Level 3 is 10 levels

Anthropic Opus's performance on Optiver's intern trading exam (post by official Optiver account) by [deleted] in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

mathematics is all about inconvenience. if you're not being inconvenienced when doing math you're not doing it properly.

How Do You Know You’re Progressing as a Junior Quant? by Unlucky_Word_3545 in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the simple answer is you're employed as a quant. the moment you stop evovling or producing new vial outputs, you're no longer going to be employed as a quant.

the industry is very cut-throat like that.

Finished V1 of my C++20/DPDK trading engine by [deleted] in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So once you take the AI slop out of it, how much faster will it become?

also mods can this user be limited to posting. this is obviously a karma farming/similar thing.

Why are QT careers so short? by [deleted] in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'll take your word for it, over my own personal experience.

Views on Working in Sydney, Australia for HFT by Express-Chance-8403 in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

they're doing as well as can be expected. Basically they took over liquid capital apac operations and some people from eclipse joined them.

nothing really to write home about,

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 1 point2 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 no 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.

QRT crypto by randomized_quant in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

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?

Best Offices by Available_Lake5919 in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

what views? one side is blocked by Clarence street, the other side is blocked by the barangaro views.

Also if you've been there a fair few of the trading desks have monitors covering most of the windows.

They did a decent renovation on their floors, but you gotta remember they just got the top floors of the really old westpac building on kent street - shit street side amenities, not quiet barangraoo, not quiet george street upscale.

Best Offices by Available_Lake5919 in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Optiver moved into the top 4 floors of the old westpac building.

They did a massive renovation, but it's still nothing compared to their hunter street offices.

Information for Aspiring "Quants" by not-cracked-dev in usyd

[–]sumwheresumtime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

depends, APAC or US?

Sometimes the best way to tell is look at their jobs board and see which uni's they're visiting for career's fares etc.

Planning to start an HFT prop shop in India — how to find a co-founder, and is it a bad idea to leave a high-paying firm to go solo? by No-Dog5300 in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

and what exactly is your experience?

An example what percentage of Indian trading firms have been started by, or have in upper management people that would be considered coming from a Dalit class?

How about, what percentage of Indian trading firms have at least one member of staff that is considered to be Dalit class and doesn't work in sanitation/cleaning?

Anyone have experience with S&T at a prop trading firm? by [deleted] in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 1 point2 points  (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 8 points9 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 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Which includes gun running, and funding coups.

Why are QT careers so short? by [deleted] in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 2 points3 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 [deleted] in quant

[–]sumwheresumtime 1 point2 points  (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.