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Congrats! Could be some tricky decisions ahead, but it's a nice problem to have. Are the finance roles as a technologist, or a trader/researcher? Do you know how much of the comp is bonus, or how variable the amounts are?
What kind of background do you need to be a quant?
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Depends on where in finance, I think? Banking is rough, absolutely, but in quant funds 45-hour weeks are common, at least in the UK.
It's more hours than @null's current setup, and in-office would be different from WFH, but it doesn't have to ruin your life.
Yeah, must depend where you work, I guess? 45ish was always what I saw offered, and at least for the ones I know about, their people usually do leave on time.
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For what it's worth, I know a variety of Jane Street London Office employees and for all of them they either have a great work-life balance, or genuinely love the job, put in more effort/take seniority promotions, and therefore get paid more for more hours, but they enjoy it so it doesn't matter. Hours are usually like 8-5/6ish (depends on whether you're tied to the trading hours or doing behind the scenes work). One person I know moved into their crypto team, so because the market is 24/7 they work Saturdays, but get Mondays off instead. NYC might be different though!
If you do manage to get a Jane Street job, of the 5 staff I know who started in the last 4 years, none have left (and the pay is...impressive), so I'd definitely consider it.
Just differing circles- I don't know anybody who works at a FAANG on the technical side (a couple in marketing/sales). Everybody I know who works at JS did maths at my university, they hire (graduates at least) from an extremely small talent pool in the UK. I'll try and figure out a way that I can help without doxxing myself!
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