I began my career at Goldman Sachs. Like most people who get hired there, I was pretty excited and when I got the job offer I went shopping for a new suit. That was unfortunate: I was a young man with little taste. […]
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Voici la journée-type d’un trader systématique dans un hedge fund…
Certains des meilleurs jobs dans le trading actuel sont pour les traders systématiques travaillant avec des hedge funds quantitatifs. Ce sont des traders qui conçoivent des stratégies de trading en utilisant des modèles informatiques, qui tradent automatiquement. C’est un travail qui […]
What is the minimum amount of Python you need to know for a trading job?
To work as a trader today you need a wide range of skills. You still have to be numerate, cool under pressure, and have an excellent memory. But this is no longer enough. Increasingly, traders have to be able to […]
How to get a job at McKinsey & Co: learn this programming language
Getting your foot in the door at one of the top consulting firms is no easy task. At McKinsey, for example, more than 750k people apply in given year. Fewer than 1% are accepted. That trumps the lowest acceptance rate at […]
Le nouveau fond d’écran en vogue pour les réunions Zoom en banque
La prochaine fois que vous envisagerez de réorganiser votre bibliothèque avant une réunion Zoom avec vos collègues et vos supérieurs, vous pourriez vous laisser tenter par une autre approche. Près de quatre mois après la mise en place de confinements à travers le monde […]
Long-dead stars can yield clues to life in the cosmos By Cornell Chronicle
The next generation of powerful Earth- and space-based telescopes will be able to hunt distant solar systems for evidence of life on Earth-like exoplanets – particularly those that chaperone burned-out stars known as white dwarfs. The chemical properties of those […]
The absolutely perfect investment banking CV…
Writing a CV or resume for an investment banking (or sales & trading) job is all too often an exercise in downside-only risk. Graduate recruiters get literally thousands of applications (even after all its very public problems, Deutsche Bank got 80,000 this […]
Why The U.S. Will Win The China Trade War
The ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China has intensified to full pitch, and the likelihood of a compromise is fading fast. Actions and Reactions On August 1, Trump announced new tariffs of 10% on $300 billion of imports from China […]
How to know whether you are joining the right company and role for you
When you’re looking for a job, it’s often easy to get caught up in what a potential employer thinks of you. Are you smart enough? Do you have the right experience? Will you make a meaningful contribution to the team? […]
Témoignage : « La vérité sur GitHUB dans les banques d’investissement »
Eh bien, j’ai appris que mon ancien employeur, Goldman Sachs, prévoyait de publier des API permettant d’accéder à sa plate-forme baptisée Marquee sur GitHub. Pour les non-initiés, GitHub est un référentiel de logiciels open source sur lequel les particuliers et les entreprises peuvent […]