Applying for an entry-level job at a hedge fund

[mdouglass]

Great posts, thanks a lot guys. You all make some really great points. As I'm sure you are all well aware, I don't know much about this field and assumed that this entry-level job at this hedge fund was small potatoes, but apparently it's not.

Trading does seem like something that would fit me very well. I know several people at SIG (I assume that's the same as the Susq you mentioned hapaboii) and we are all former magic pros turned poker players etc. They went on to work as traders and love it. It seems like a good fit for my skill set.

I only recently started looking for jobs in the investing field and know very little about them. Really, I would be fine with just about any entry-level position that would let me learn the field with lots of room to grow. Being an assistant trader actually sounds perfect right now (It's what a friend at SIG suggested, too), but I'm having trouble actually finding job openings that fit that. Is it going to be hard to find an assistant trading job in the DC area? I keep searching sites for the word 'trader' and the only thing I ever get is Trader Joe's or some kind of senior executive positions. What else should I try searching?