"Efficiently Inefficient" by Lasse Pedersen is a great non-technical overview of hedge fund strategies. Not all quant, but mostly. It also has some great interviews with hedge fund managers who are famous for running these strategieshttps://www.amazon.com/Efficiently-Inefficient-Invests-Market-Determined/dp/0691196095/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3VP1RMYA6BNWB&dchild=1&keywords=efficiently+inefficient&qid=1623789943&s=books&sprefix=efficiently+inefficient%2Caps%2C258&sr=1-1 …
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Second "Traders, Guns and Money" by ex-derivatives trader Satyajit Das, which is just a perfect description of the wild west of derivatives markets pre-financial crisishttps://www.amazon.com/Traders-Guns-Money-Unknowns-Derivatives/dp/0273776762/ref=sr_1_1?crid=NKKAGBM3LR10&dchild=1&keywords=traders%2C+guns+%26+money&qid=1623793250&sprefix=traders%2C+gun%2Caps%2C235&sr=8-1 …
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Now I’ve read it I’d add Trading at the Speed of Light (MacKenzie) which is amazing background reading for anyone thinking of going into HFThttps://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0691211388/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_HSYP91NNH409YFB10AR8 …
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Thanks for sharing this list. Very interesting for someone like me with a software background. What were the alternative options you considered when you made the choice in 2006?
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Academia, management consulting, non-quant finance (eg sell-side derivatives trader). Back when all those things were still prestigious…
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