Hi everyone, I’m an exec trader in a small HF (small team with 10fig AUM). I’ve been there for almost 2y as a complete junior (they hired me without even finishing my master degree in ML, maths and AI). I have strong interest in quant finance but it is fhe exact opposite at this fund, using only fundamental and bit of technical analysis. Performance is insanely good this year so far (multiple double digits) and my direct boss is the CIO/PM of the fund. He only has exec traders to execute trades for him and be his eyes and ears on the markets. He is a really inspiring person but at the same time it’s kinda hard to get info or to be trained to actually learn how he analyzes a company or a macro situation. I recently went back to my masters while still working for him remotely (and he didn’t like it as he thinks I made a mistake, might have recommendation issues for the future), despite the good performance i’m not expecting any high bonus given how badly he took my choice of pursuing school to learn more technical stuff (expecting a low 6fig salary) and I clearly don’t see any possibility to do quant research and pitch stuff now as i’m lacking experience and projects that i struggle to build during my free time given the heavy hours i’m working and watching the markets. It’s been very good and I’ve learning so many things on the market, but I want to increase the level to bring it to pure and more heavy quant research. I was thinking that having this big experience and still being a student would have maybe helped me to get an internship or graduate position in a quant firm that would add a solid technical layer to the fundamental/macro view that I had of the markets, but worried about the job market (targeting every major financial hub).
In my position, would you give everything you can to stay in my seat or would you take the risk to achieve something that aligns more with what you believe you’ll be better in?
1000x thanks for your help
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