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Move from quant to big tech

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Has anyone every moved from a quant role into a tech role at a big tech company? Do you need to apply for entry level roles or can you be considered for a higher level? Is leetcode enough to prepare? Is it easy to get interviews with 2-5 years of experience as a quant?

Tech just seems like it pays better and WLB is better. Most of all I am tired of the dinosaur tech in the quant space
 
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if you don’t mind me asking what is the compensation difference? Like are you saying quants make 125k usd and big tech 175k usd?
 
if you don’t mind me asking what is the compensation difference? Like are you saying quants make 125k usd and big tech 175k usd?
entry quant positions (associate level) in sell-side are 125-130k base for some banks, 150k base for other banks. entry quant positions in buy-side are usually 150k+ base (don't know abt the bonuses since im only familiar with the intern pay - some say bonus is 1:1 to base)

entry (L3) in big tech are usually 130k base + stock + bonus so ~185k total comp? comp is pretty comparable but yeah it's true big tech is usually ALOT more chill (some would say quant finance is more fun though).
 
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