Thinking About Risk: quitting my $600k quant job
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“You’re gonna get a meeting from Bill and Yuding telling you you’re officially underperforming.”
“You’re gonna get a meeting from Bill and Yuding telling you you’re officially underperforming.” Fuck. I knew I was coasting, but I didn’t realize how obvious it had been. It was mid-September, 2025. I was just over a year into my first job out of college, Quantitative Trading at Citadel Securities, on the FICC (Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities) Options Market Making team. $300k base, $100k signing bonus, $150k EOY bonus. It was a lot of money for a new grad. My mentor Evan continued, “Yeah, we fired Alex last year because he completely checked out. But you’re doing even less than…
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