After four years as a Quant in Goldman Sachs, I left this month.
In that time, I worked on 3 different desks across Fixed Income & Equities and completed about 20 to 30 different projects.
Here are the 9 non-glamorous things you should know about working as a sell-side Quant.
Huy Fong's Sriracha hit revenue of $150m+ a year...with no sales team, no trademark and $0 in ad spend.
Its creator is Vietnamese-American David Tran, making the sauce's success a tale of immigrant hustle and a product that literally sells itself.
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