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▲ 10 r/IndianHaircare+1 crossposts

How to make it look good in the growth phase?

22M here.

Trying to grow beard out for the first time - I generally trim it long before it reaches this length. But currently it looks a bit irregular.
It is spaced out weirdly, and also curls on itself and tends to form chunks.

I've tried beard balm + boar bristle brush but that doesn't seem to help much.

How to groom this while in the growth phase?

u/Fun_Dragonfruit7971 — 4 days ago
▲ 5 r/FinancialPlanning

Here are my finances for last year(2025). This was first year of job after graduating.

Gross salary: $105k in Atlanta, GA.
Health insurance is provided by employer with minimal copay.

Put $600 monthly in 401k (no employer match, no IRA yet)

After all taxes, monthly take home: $6000

Expenses monthly:

  • Rent: shared 2b2b in midtown: $1600
  • Utilities + Internet: $125 (my share)
  • Groceries (shop at Publix): $425
  • Car costs (loan, insurance, gas): $900
  • Occasional coffee, dining out: $100
  • Misc expenses (phone plan, rental insurance, shopping, subscriptions, etc.): $150

Total expenses: $3300/mo

This leaves an yearly savings of only about $32k. Less than 30% of gross salary is saved.

I do not have student loan payments thankfully, no credit card debt, and I havent had any overseas trip or even a long distance domestic one. I wonder how my friends with student loans are doing. It does not feel like having a six figure salary, at all. I will hardly be able to buy a house at this rate.

What can I do better?

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u/Fun_Dragonfruit7971 — 11 days ago
▲ 24 r/quantindia

Hi all,

I'm a '22 batch CSE grad from a top IIT (8.5+ CG) I started by working in India at a Mag7 for 2 years and then moved into wfh for a US AI startup for the last 2 years

I'm considering to prepare for a move into Quant. Positions with India only- I don't have ambitions for Optiver or whatever. During placement season I had failed their interviews due to some crazy things happening in personal life. I dunno how to even think about this.

I have classmates in quite a few HFTs - but I wanted to know the following answers before I reach out to them

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Would appreciate answers to these questions:

- will Quant firms be open to interviewing me?

- should I consider SWE or Trader? I've never done competitive coding

- how should I prepare for this kind of a move? I've been using Claude code recently and haven't written code by hand in a long time. Haven't touched any probability or math either

- is this realistic? Should I try? I don't want to raise hopes and then embarrass myself.

- some HFTs are in Gurugram, some in Mumbai, some new ones like QiCap in Bengaluru as well. Which one should I consider?

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u/Fun_Dragonfruit7971 — 15 days ago