Not recommended for software engineering - Software Engineer WorldQuant Employee Review

2.0
Apr 11, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great work-life balance, very good compensation

Cons

- Too much political power in Technology side - Many leaders in Technology tree are bad in terms of technical skills, which leads to the fact that they usually treat their teams based on their feeling - not based on the contribution - The projects usually not require high level of skill set

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Cons

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Pros

Strong exposure to quantitative research, alpha modeling through the BRAIN platform.

Cons

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