As i'm sure everyone already knows, the FTC banned noncompetes (although you have to pay attention to how "noncompete" is actually defined since some garden leave noncompete contracts may not qualify) last week. Are you guys discussing this internally? How are the executives and lawyers reacting? ...Read more
I grew up poor, parents are still poor. I’m an american. Not sure if I should get an LLC cause I tutor college kids and drive for DoorDash to pay student loans. Also have RSUs. Should I get a tax and advisor? Can you please spell out for me exactly who I should contact and what I should say? Thanks ...Read more
What do you do day to day? Is it a typical “quant” work? I never see a Quant outside of hft/hedge fund/BB so I don’t know what exactly do you do there? Do you trade/find alphas/optimize portfolio/… or focus more on model validation/risk? How is the culture? How much is it is transferable to a pr...Read more
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Hi, has anyone given a case interview for Mastercard? My first round is a case round and usually I am used to giving machine learning related case studies. But this seems more like a consultant type of case study. Appreciate any tips or guidance 🙏 Thank you. #interview#mastercard #finance
Ignore tax implications of moving - I’m moving for personal reasons.
I have got one offer to work in a bank as a model validator. I know for sure that they have great work life balance (work less than 30 hrs per week). I feel, this path doesn’t have many opportunities for growth post VP level. Handful make it to director and even less to MD. MD level is probably the...Read more
If you have $500k, which one is better to park your money let’s say for 2 years.
Looking through blind and seeing all the TC posts got me thinking, what is everyone's real hourly pay? What i mean is, we all know that we're not working 40 hours a week. some are but many are working a lot less/more. so i'll go first: Finance Manager (5 YOE) TC: $200K My stated hourly rate is $96...Read more
After 8 yrs of working in analytics, I took a leap and went back to school. Just graduated with two offers in hand: 1) BB Trader 2) hf quant. Same product. I’m new to both of these two jobs. If you are curious, none of these two pay over 200K base. Not sure which one can lead to a better future to...Read more
What level is Lead TPM at JPMC? Is it VP level? I've also seen levels like 603, 604 etc in various posts. Where does Lead TPM fit in? What is the interview process like?Also what TC to expect for this role? Current TC - 220k #interview #tpm
Hello, I got a 65k offer from a financial services company recently, but was reached out to by another financial services company the same day about a position that pays 100k+. Should I try and negotiate with the 65k offer or reject it and put all my energy into the potential 100k?
I’ve heard their policy is to only sponsor senior level employees, however it’s not clear which level that pertains to.
So about a year ago I leaped on some puts that just expired worthless. But for the past year, everything suggests that a downturn is imminent so I was sure I was going to print. Wrong. Why has it not happened? Is it being propped up for the election ? Or on credit cards ? I’m at a loss of under...Read more
Tempted by the $$$ but don’t want to miss them growing up. Is it really that bad?
Hello everyone, I wanted to know what could be the average TC for Analyst in SLC? #interview #finance
I was using intuit mint but seems like it’s deprecated. Any new wealth monitoring app in Canada or USA ?
I made it to the panel interview portion for a role at DTCC last Wednesday. Everything seems like its going in the right direction, with no more interviews to complete. When can I expect an update on my candidacy? #interview #finance
I am a finance professional. Interested In being part of startup. Really I don’t have any idea to get into it. I am looking for people with new ideas who want to collaborate. I am from USA texas. #startup #finance #startups