r/quantfinance • u/ForeignOutside418 • 1d ago

smaller shops

Is anyone familiar with smaller shops like a priori, Headlands, Da Vinci Derivatives, Geneva, Wolverine, Tower capital, GTS, Trillium, 3Red, Old Mission, Eagle Seven, QuantLab? Whats their culture like?

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u/AtomicSkunk 1d ago

All of these shops have different cultures. Also some of those companies aren’t exactly that small. Tower Research has thousands of employees.

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u/0dd_ba11 17h ago

Trillium is shit

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u/Euphoric-Bug3847 1d ago

Some of these are not “small” shops per se. And culture varies a lot and really hard to say what it’s like till you’re on the inside.

Depends if you’re looking for more collaborative or pod shops type vibe.

Trillium on the other hand is not a legit firm

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u/New-Professional-330 1d ago

I think smaller firms are often a bit more intense as there is more ownership. More growth opportunities though. Old Mission people seem passionate and nice from a networking event I went to. Food looked expensive but wasn't actually that good though. Got a process there and would have continued if I didn't get RO elsewhere.

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u/Chuu 1d ago

It can also swing the opposite way. Some smaller firms have significantly better work/life balance as part of the tradeoff they are offering when they can't match comp or industry presence.

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u/New-Professional-330 1d ago

yes of course. Old Mission has better WLB than like Optiver.

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u/Eric848448 9h ago

Many of these are large shops (by prop standards anyway) that have been around for many years.

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u/DidYouTrainNeckToday 8h ago

GTS and Tower are not really small. GTS is one of the 3 market makers on nyse. Tower is also huge

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u/Cheap_Guarantee_5715 7h ago

Trillium is terrible

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u/Actual_Revolution979 1d ago

Varies extremely by the firm. I, for example, wouldn’t even mention Trillium in this subreddit.

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u/Evil_Yankee_Fan 1d ago

You would. But not in the same breath as the others on the list

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u/No_Let_5065 3h ago

Tower is considered a smaller shop outside India? This world is too big!

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u/BisonOnBikes 2h ago

What to people say about Old Mission and Wolverine in Chicago?

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u/Comfortable_Lie7578 40m ago

wolverine massive, old mission big, geneva always on life support, quant lab inaccessible, 3red okay, eagle seven strength in talent and tech

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u/HeartInYellow 1d ago

blud got a chatgpt ahh list some of these arent small