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Ask HN: Moving to a hedge fund
I am considering a move to a hedge fund (background in math/software/machine learning). I'd love to hear the thoughts/advice of people who have tried such a move (or people who have friends who did). How did it work out for you? Did you have to face a huge change in culture? Was the work interesting/fulfilling? Any regrets?
- skewart 10y agoIt might be helpful if you gave a little info about the nature of the nature you're considering. What kind of company are you moving from? What's the role like that you'd be taking on? How does it compare to the role you have now? I don't have any personal experience in finance, so I can't answer your question, but I'm curious to hear other people's answers. Also, I'm curious, how does the comp compare, both in relative value and structure?
- mov_to_fin 10y agoI'm moving from a software company in the Bay Area where I work as a data scientist. The new role is a quantitative researcher ("quant"). The comp offered is considerably higher than the current one.