Signs of a good quant employer

[bitween_two_worlds]

I was poached by a quant trading firm (from a rival) quite early in my career . This new firm has had high turnover and is incredibly unstructured; ultimately I was misled when I signed and felt regret about my decision to join. When looking at smaller, more secretive quant shops, what are the best things to look out for? How are the most successful firms generally structured? Thinking of this from the perspective of someone with good experience, but too young to be a leader...

 

[MRoss]

Sorry for going off the rails here, but my 11 year old son is a natural leader.

I was 35 when I made VP on the trading desk at Morgan Stanley. My boss' boss' boss who ran the whole division was 31.

 

[Daniel Duffy]

Sorry for going off the rails here, but my 11 year old son is a natural leader.

What's he going to do later?

 

[MRoss]

What's he going to do later?

His personality points to circus ringleader.

But he claims he wants to be a developer. He's teaching himself Python on his spare time, and can already type with no errors at ~30 WPM (Thanks Mavis Beacon).

 

[Daniel Duffy]

My son took to drumming!

// My parents wanted me to become a lion tamer.

 

[Daniel Duffy]

His personality points to circus ringleader.

But he claims he wants to be a developer. He's teaching himself Python on his spare time, and can already type with no errors at ~30 WPM (Thanks Mavis Beacon).

I suppose he'll do QN C++ soon?

 

[MRoss]

I suppose he'll do QN C++ soon?

I wouldn't rule it out.