Lessons for the Aspiring Quant | macroraptor

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Lessons for the Aspiring Quant – macroraptor Lessons for the Aspiring Quant 14 Apr, 2026 "Look at him, that's my quant" "Your what?" "My QUANTITATIVE. My math specialist. Look at him, you notice anything different about him? Look at his face." "That's pretty racist." "Look at his eyes, I'll give you a hint, his name is Yang. He won a national math competition, in CHINA! He doesn't even speak English! Yeah I'm sure of the math." I've been getting a lot of questions recently from burnt-out grad students, STEM career switchers, and parents of precocious high schoolers on the best way to guarantee

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