{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"SWE Accelerator Podcast","title":"#7: Why My 21-Year-Old Brother Quit His $600,000 Quant Job","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/bba894fe\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4916,"description":" Today, I talk with my brother Aadil who landed a $600,000 quant offer and decided to turn it down. We talk about why he made that decision, what got him there, and what a day in the life of a quant trader is actually like. Hope you enjoy!\nComputer science students, new graduates, and bootcamp graduates...want to land your dream software engineering job/internship? Click here 👉 https://www.amanmanazir.com/coaching/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video_description&utm_campaign=shouldn't_be_engineer \nI'm Aman Manazir, a career coach and software engineer. I interned at companies like Amazon, Shopify, and HP in college, and the day I graduated I landed a $168,000/year* full-time software engineering job. I help you make it as a computer science student and get your dream job offer. If you're a dedicated programmer who wants to land your dream internship or job in 2025 without spamming LeetCode, spending hours at career fairs, or applying to thousands of positions, join the Software Engineering Accelerator and work directly with me. Click this link to book a call: https://www.amanmanazir.com/coaching/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video_description&utm_campaign=shouldn't_be_engineer \n📄 Get my free resume template - https://www.amanmanazir.com/resume \n🧠 Get my free LeetCode Roadmap - https://www.amanmanazir.com/leetcode \n💌 Free weekly productivity insights/advice - https://amanmanazir.com/newsletter \n📕 Get all my free Notion templates discussed here - https://www.amanmanazir.com/notion \n📝 Sign up for Notion - https://affiliate.notion.so/2nh3pjr6l5l6 \n📷 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amanmanazir/ \n🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/amanmanazir \n00:00 - Introduction\n01:00 - Aadil College Background\n04:38 - Internship History\n14:37 - Software Engineering Accelerator\n15:06 - Getting The 600k Offer\n26:52 - Aadil's Dream Job (Spoiler: It's Not Quant)\n31:00 - Why Aadil Turned Down The Offer/Entrepreneurship\n35:50 - What Would A Day In The Life Be For Quant?\n43:42 - The...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Jajbzp05Qj4iGVS1aj8odO1sfQWp6AUqc-EjGBpRqpo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zZDYz/ZTI1YjZmZWY0Y2I2/ZDVkMGRhMDY2YzQ2/NTQ5Mi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}