Pros: Nice office, smart people around, free lunch, very good line for CV. After SQ I started easily passing screenings to other hedge funds/tradings.

Cons: Management massively and openly favors people of the one particular country and very particular universities from this country. It's so obvious that everybody is joking about this fact including people from this favorable group. For a dev side the "rule of thumb" is not to apply for a "Software engeneering" positions. They are very legacy based and overall devs are considered to be a second class citizens. Although there are also dev teams with a quant dev/researcher titles which do purely software engineering and have a very nice tcs and treated well.

Pros: There is a decent work culture that is not too hectic.

Cons: Not many growth opportunities especially for freshers as they are assigned BAU tasks

Pros: - The company's positive culture - The exposure to opportunities - Being surrounded by an intelligent workforce - The level of importance placed on communication and knowledge shares firmwide - Growing company with roles globally - Opportunities for travel

Cons: - Steep learning curve can feel overwhelming in your first 6 months - You need to possess a willingness to continually work independently on increasing your own skills, areas of domain knowledge and leadership skills