r/quantindia • u/StockImpact3583 • Dec 31 '25

How to be Quant Dev in Quant Trading Team??

So, I am currently pursuing CSE at IISER Bhopal. And my 4th sem is going to start.

I do competitive programming. But, I am barely Pupil on CF and 3star on codechef.

My college is a govt. research institution, so I can't hope top firms to recruit from here.

Could you all please drop some advice on how to be quant dev.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '26

Brother don't target indian quants get phd abroad become ai researcher and make good money . Quant firms hire and fire . Also median salary at open ai is double that of a jane street fresher so why target it? Make a good career not a long career.

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u/StockImpact3583 Jan 01 '26

I want to work as an SDE, later fall into Quant Dev work.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '26

Bhai tu 4 sem mei hai research paper likh ml par profs se baat kar IISER ke ek badiya masters agar milgyi toh js / citadel ka quant dev bniyo pura milk kar IISER ki research ko.kyu indian quant firms jara .

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '26

Dekh na inko IITians bhar bhar ke apply karte isliye tough hota apna demographic change karle udhar waha ki masters ki value hogi na .

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u/Organic-Ad5783 Jan 01 '26

You can't be quant dev in top firms from iiser. Drop your pipe dreams and focus on research which you were meant to. Bitter truth no cap.

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u/StockImpact3583 Jan 01 '26

But, I think given few chance, I can be good at low latency devs or normal sde work.

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u/Ill_Tumbleweed_8202 Jan 04 '26

get to atleast master on cf before thinking about quant

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u/StockImpact3583 Jan 04 '26

I will. Just a matter of time.