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> Alot of getting hired into these roles depends on your upbringing/perceived social class by the people at the fund, the school you went to, how you present yo
by chollida1 2y ago
> Alot of getting hired into these roles depends on your upbringing/perceived social class by the people at the fund, the school you went to, how you present yourself, whether they want to work with you, how trustworthy you are, etc. The technical pieces are pretty far behind.
I'd disagree about your perceived upbringing mattering at all.
I don't know of any fund that hires technical staff like that. I mean we're here to make money, if someone can do that, no one cares what their social upbringing is, I mean like at all.
Now the school you went to matters, though it matters about as much as it would at a FAANG company.
And as to "how you present yourself, whether they want to work with you, how trustworthy you are, "
I would hope that all companies hire based on how someone presents themselves and would we want to work with them. Everyone should base hiring on how the candidate acts and presents themselves, that seems like an incredibly positive step, no?
> The technical pieces are pretty far behind.
Which specific fund are you referring to here. This seems very uninformed from my experience, but i'm willing to look at your evidence that hedge funds don't really value technical ability.
- ldjkfkdsjnv 2y agoThese are for very under the radar hedge funds that chip their programmers 500-2 Million for just writing basic software. I'm not talking about sweat shops like citadel. I'm talking about places that hire very rarely. The fund manager makes 25-150 million. Rest of the employees are in the low millions. Their employees are always a reflection of the firm, and to their outside investors. Its about more than technical ability. Jobs are never posted online, minialist linkedin profiles, no public footprint
- chollida1 2y agoWell I guess because you've presented no evidence to back up your claim we've got no where to go with this conversation. Perhaps if you could name those funds, we could have a talk since I know the industry very well.