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At least two of the financial firms on OP's list are known for working you more than market hours, the average is well into the 60+ hours per week.


Which ones?


A friend works at Virtu and 60 hour weeks are the norm if not more. They're very aggressive wrt managing headcount. Pay is great in absolute terms but pretty low as a % of revenue.

Doesn't mean it's a bad place to work. I have a ton of respect for the business they've built. Their discipline on costs is saving their asses in historically slow market conditions while many competitors are merging or shutting down.


I wish we had more salary threads for quants.

I started 4 years ago at a quant shop fresh out of college and expect to make around 250k.


quant at a quant shop, first year made 200-250; expect to be at least 50% higher this year.


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