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Benn "DJ D-Vol" Eifert‏ @bennpeifert 13 Feb 2021

Replying to @theemilyaccount @TheSpeculator0

so bizarre. i mean.... a firm like that is either going to hire analysts from investment bank, or hire them out of school and train them... and given the nature of their business, you can see why traditional investment bank training is probably not a huge value add

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emily‏ @theemilyaccount 13 Feb 2021

Replying to @bennpeifert @TheSpeculator0

many firms actively don’t like people with “experience”! i’m obviously showing my hand here as someone with bad credentials but i HATE the credentialism discourse so much

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Speculator‏ @TheSpeculator0 13 Feb 2021

Replying to @theemilyaccount @bennpeifert

ur telling me you wouldn't hire someone for a fat salary just because they happened to be old and have a rudimentary understanding of excel

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brrrzooka‏ @brrrzooka 13 Feb 2021

Replying to @TheSpeculator0 @theemilyaccount @bennpeifert

Who needs even a rudimentary understanding of excel when you have interns to do it

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macrocephalopod‏ @macrocephalopod 13 Feb 2021

Replying to @brrrzooka @TheSpeculator0 and

interns with excellent credentials obviously

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brrrzooka‏ @brrrzooka 13 Feb 2021

Replying to @macrocephalopod @TheSpeculator0 and

If an MD knew how to change the labels on an excel graph they'd have to pay them more

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brrrzooka‏ @brrrzooka 13 Feb 2021

Replying to @brrrzooka @macrocephalopod and

Note that I have actually heard someone make this comment seriously

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macrocephalopod‏ @macrocephalopod 13 Feb 2021

Replying to @brrrzooka @TheSpeculator0 and

It’s a particularly dumb argument because if I look at my own team (who as a group are as smart and good at their jobs as anyone I can imagine) they would be subject to the same criticisms. We hired them straight from school and taught them. Turns out that works!

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mapo_champ‏ @mapochamp 13 Feb 2021

Replying to @macrocephalopod @brrrzooka and

What kind of things do you look for in those students? Any specific experience outside of academic excellence? Especially for non-targets (if you hired any)

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macrocephalopod‏ @macrocephalopod 13 Feb 2021

Replying to @mapochamp @brrrzooka and

Only specific experience we look for outside academia is programming — not any particular language, just want to see some experience and knowledge of concepts and how to use them in practise. We are traders but 90% of what we do is write code.

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macrocephalopod‏ @macrocephalopod 13 Feb 2021

Replying to @macrocephalopod @mapochamp and

Other positive signs - any way you can show an interest in finance is good, eg reading books/blogs/fintwit or trying to implement techniques/models or systematic strategies. One thing I *don’t* care about is your PA trading track record, this is a totally different skill set imo

9:42 AM - 13 Feb 2021

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1. mapo_champ‏ @mapochamp 13 Feb 2021
  Replying to @macrocephalopod @brrrzooka and
  
  thank you for this. Got rejected from a sig coop twice but I will grind it out along with your advice to hopefully land my third and final coop
  
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