[Career review] “Trading in quantitative hedge funds (for earning to give)” by Benjamin Todd

For someone with strong quantitative skills, we think this represents one of the best career opportunities available. The pay is exceptionally good enabling earning to give, you can develop technical skills valued in academia or technology, and the work is satisfying.

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Outline:

(00:10) Summary

(00:47) Pros

(01:03) Cons

(01:15) Key facts on fit

(01:21) Next steps

(01:52) Recommended

(02:01) Review status

(02:06) What is this career path?

(02:30) Immediate impact

(02:33) Earnings potential

(03:26) Direct impact of the work

(07:27) Advocacy potential

(07:44) Building your long-run potential

(07:48) Career capital

(08:17) How difficult is it to enter?

(09:04) Job satisfaction

(09:30) Want to work in quant trading and donate a large fraction of your income in order to do as much good as possible?

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First published:
August 28th, 2014

Source:
https://80000hours.org/career-reviews/trading-in-quantitative-hedge-funds

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