Chicago, London and Singapore are also good places, although nowadays there are funds everywhere (Boston, SF, Miami). This is a wild overgeneralisation but in

Chicago, London and Singapore are also good places, although nowadays there are funds everywhere (Boston, SF, Miami). This is a wild overgeneralisation but in descending order of fun levels/friendliness of HFT teams it goes Chicago, London, Singapore, NYC. Seems to hold across most HFTs I have met/worked at. Not sure about hedge funds or other finance roles. Edit: Crypto HFT firms also abound but they are generally more remote-friendly than TradFi (the latter have regulators that need you to have an office and stuff).