DiscoverSWE Accelerator Podcast#1: How My 20-Year-Old Brother Made $550,000/Year in Quant Trading
#1: How My 20-Year-Old Brother Made $550,000/Year in Quant Trading

#1: How My 20-Year-Old Brother Made $550,000/Year in Quant Trading

Update: 2024-04-23
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Aadil Manazir is my younger brother. In this episode, we discuss how he landed a $500,000+/year job offer in quant trading at age 20, how he secured a Google software engineering internship (and turned it down) in his free time, and how he packed on 30+ lbs of muscle and much, much more.


00:00 - Introduction


01:00 - 8th Grade MathCounts


05:29 - American Mathematics Competition


06:16 - High School Math Club


08:29 - Elite Math Summer Camps


12:36 - Writing a Great Software Resume: BeamJobs


13:47 - Summer Research Camp


15:28 - Why Aadil Picked the University of California Berkeley


18:25 - Transition to College Life


23:20 - Aadil’s Introduction to Software and Quant Internships


27:18 - John Deere Software Internship


31:15 - Aadil’s Sophomore Year


32:10 - Aadil’s Grind to Land a Quant Internship: 60 Interviews


38:20 - Aadil’s Reaction at Getting a $130/hour Quant Internship at IMC Trading


43:40 - Aadil’s Experience Working at IMC Trading


47:30 - How Aadil Landed a Jump Trading Internship


54:50 - Aadil’s $500k+ Quant Salary


56:20 - How Aadil Got a Google Software Internship for Fun


58:22 - How to Become a Quant


1:00:55 - How to Prepare for Software Engineering Interviews


1:04:22 - The Value of Obsession


1:07:27 - You Don’t Need to Be a Genius


1:09:20 - How Self-Improvement Changed Our Lives


1:18:40 - Aadil’s Gym Transformation Story: Adding 30 lbs of Muscle


1:22:13 - How Looksmaxxing Changed Aadil’s Life


1:29:50 - Was Bodybuilding and Looksmaxxing Worth It?


1:35:30 - What’s Next for Aadil?

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#1: How My 20-Year-Old Brother Made $550,000/Year in Quant Trading

#1: How My 20-Year-Old Brother Made $550,000/Year in Quant Trading

Aman Manazir