difference between flow and exotic business

babu12 · June 21st, 2010, 7:42 pm

Hi, anyidea what is the difference between flow and exotic business quant in terms of compensation and prestige. thanks

woohoo · June 23rd, 2010, 4:47 am

prestige being a quant??

daveangel · June 23rd, 2010, 6:17 am

its got to be more prestiguous than being a cab driver

DavidJN · June 24th, 2010, 3:09 am

What about relative job security (or more realistically, the lack thereof)? Exotic business is more likely to be cut first in the event of troubles.

hli7 · June 25th, 2010, 1:22 am

exotic business in our firm used to pay a lot more than flow until the credit crisis. nowadays, the flow guys are the stars.