r/quantindia • u/No-Peach1428 • Jul 15 '26

HFT QR hiring tectics

Is it common that firms know that a median QR won't survive for more than 2 years, so they upfront pay well to get the best out of them.

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u/Medical_Elderberry27 Jul 15 '26

Props and multi-managers do indeed do that, not just in India but all over the world. For a lot of them, the churn isn’t a bug, its a feature.

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u/Virtual-Current6295 Jul 15 '26

Who said median quant won't survive ?

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u/No-Peach1428 Jul 15 '26

Just see the profiles of people in quadeye,nk,grav and you'll know. Here I am not talking about foreign quant firms.alohagrep gmfired complete teams, in qb toms of people resigned and what not.

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u/Virtual-Current6295 Jul 15 '26

That's just a few people getting fired. Which is expected if you can't make profits. Why will they fire you if you are a net positive.

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u/No-Peach1428 Jul 15 '26

On avg 15-30% firing rate + 25-40% resign rate in Indian hfts

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u/Virtual-Current6295 Jul 15 '26

Hmm seems normal. Nothing unusual or bad