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So there is a 100k difference in pay. What is to debate about? DE Shaw is a great shop and the name definitely opens doors - it’s not like you are going to Sears or anything.
Even Kmart
What do you want to do? If you want to run a hedge fund, take DE Shaw (one of the finest shops out there). If you want to get a broad based business training across industries and functions and geographies (or even be a consultant) then join McKinsey.
Jump geos and work on destabilizing govts...
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Thanks for the advice. I eventually want to be a PM. The McKinsey role is more technical - lost of stats and modeling while DE Shaw is strategy... My boyfriend is a fixed income analyst (I’m a woman) and he thinks the technical job will give me a better shot, but maybe I should just go to DE Shaw, work hard and an equity analyst spot will open up for me?
Go for DE Shaw. You can learn and do anything you want.
There is no easy road to hedge fund equity analyst. Spots don’t just “open up”. They are few, and outside of a handful of mega funds who recruit at schools, they go to known folks in networks. Hustle and network if you want that role. Go be a sell-side equity analyst or long only buy-side analyst and then move. That said, learning how to manage hedge fund at DEShaw is many folks dream job!
PM as in portfolio manager