March 2nd, 2016, 12:04 pm
QuoteOriginally posted by: londonerWhy do you wanna work at hedge funds as a quant? You might not do more interesting work there, and the pay is highly variable or not better than the Silicon Valley.The idea of working on algorithmic trading models/strategies or time series data seems more interesting and exciting than classification or clustering problems. Also I feel quant jobs would use more math and would be intellectually more challenging. The initial pay might be comparable at Silicon Valley, but it plateaus very quickly, unless you get the timing right (by joining the right company at the right time).