<r>QF,How goes it? I am a HH working in Tokyo, but my firm has offices globally and we are working on several searches in the Bay area (4 to be exact). If you would like to send me a private email or chat offline, please let me know.Best regards,<EMAIL email="Tylertjackson@optionsgroup.com">Tylertja...

<t>Macfly,I would say between 120K to 150K is aorund what you should be looking at in terms of base salary.You should understand that most traders are paid along the same lines in regards to base salary, or at least that is what I have seen here in Asia, and the more important thing to be thinking a...

<r>Mathew,Just a few quick points:- Each house is different, so it is hard to say the interview will go this way, or the other- What is the exact role?- What is your product knowledge like in this area?To be safe, if it is a quant role within EQD, you should cover all bases and be prepared for not o...

<r>If you are serious about the Boston area, both Harvard and MIT have great programs.Also, my father is a senior professor at Boston University in Bio Med Eng. or I could also ask my friend's dad, Sheldon Glashow <URL url="http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/1979/glashow-autobio.html"><LINK_TEX...

<t>I think that your friend shouldn't be pissed, maybe disappointed, but not pissed. Did this person have other offers on the table? If there were other offers, maybe they should subtley mention that another firm had made an offer, and there was a sign on bonus at that firm.I think if this friend is...

<t>I hope I can shed a bit more light on this.You will rarely see a firm recruit traders straight out of school, although sometimes it does happen, but rarely. Usually people are brought on as trade assistants, and then move up. People with quants backgrounds are sometimes put straight onto the desk...

<t>I could probably point you in the right direction if you give me a bit more info on what you are referring to. They do a have a presence on the fixed income side there, but I don't think they really have any quants there per se.If you wanted to speak to someone who knows the market and is in Chic...

<r>Hi Yoshimura,There is a definite demand for people such as yourself, quad lingual, here in Tokyo at the moment. When do you graduate and what are you studying?If you want to chat, send me an email to <EMAIL email="tjackson@optionsgroup.com">tjackson@optionsgroup.com</EMAIL>, and we can start a di...

<t>Hi Shinko,Don't know if you are still on the market, but I have just joined Wilmott, and noticed your thread. I am a HH here in Tokyo, and have been recruiting for the past 3 years.There are several roads you could travel, depending on if you did spend the last months in Roppongi, reading Wilmott...

By the way, feel free to email me witrh any additional questions.TokyoTyler

<t>I would have to agree with Boofta on many points he made below.In regards to Nomura, they are running the quants out of NY, although they do have several people of the ground here in Tokyo. Mizuho has a quants group here, and are looking to fill a few positions now. I know this because I am a HH ...