Hey all, looking for some opinions here.
I interned at Meta last summer as a SWE and received an RO for full time. A few months ago, I was also admitted into MS CS at CMU. I’m grateful for both of these options.
My main goal would be to transition into quant at some point, hoping to get into a QR position in the future. AFAIK, a lot of firms don’t actually require a PhD or even Masters for QR (I was able to get interviews during undergrad), but I know that recruiting through internship pipelines is significantly easier than NG, and the CMU name would boost my mediocre undergrad signal.
I’m considering CMU because my team at Meta doesn’t seem to be that interesting nor relevant to quant work, and I’m afraid I’d be stuck for a year if I accept FT (before I’m allowed to transfer teams). At CMU, I’d have more opportunities to connect with research labs and do more internships in relevant areas. An MS also provides eligibility for research roles in big tech, which I’m more interested in than SWE.
I have relevant ML papers in NeurIPS/ICLR if that matters.