Two Sigma

Good work/life balance, feeling not so much different from Google and its previous positions. An almost obsessively tech-driven approach to investment. Nice location at Soho (as compared to mid-town like some banks). Generous home-from-home policy. People often say bad things about hedge funds in general, but TS has a generally pretty friendly culture.

There is no food provided (albeit it has decent snack bars). People like work-from-home a lot, to the point it is a bit hard to feel I belong here as a new joiner. Tech debt is often overlooked in a way that would not be tolerated at Google. The in-house eng tools are sometimes not state-of-the-art. Some signs of red-taping are observed, which I believe is a bad sign for non-executive level employees.

Recently, there have been some media articles depicting the chasm between co-founders. That being said, I've only had a small number of chances to see the company leadership, which makes me wonder what the higher-ups are up to.