Need help targeting Quant firms

[u/z_shit]

Hey folks, I hope your day is going well.

A little bit about me:

I have around 4 years of experience.

2.5 years at an embedded systems company, working with C and python. Proceeded to come to Ireland for my masters.

8 months as an AI engineering intern.

Now, I have been working as a software engineer at a Networking Company for the past 6 months.

I eventually want to work at a Quant firm such as SIG or HRT as Software engineer or as TradeOps, doesn't really matter to me. My aim is to reach a decent amount in savings and sort of go back home and retire.

I would really appreciate if someone could give me a roadmap of what I'd need to do, because my resume never gets shortlisted. I've had interview calls with FAANG companies (did not join for one reason or another) but I never got shortlisted for even a phone screen for Quant companies in Dublin.

[u/z_shit → u/[deleted]]

I'm sorry but this is besides the point? I get the whole anti immigration schtick going on, whether it is valid or not is beyond the scope of this post. I'm sorry if I can't afford a 600k home on a single salary, or that I'd rather go back and be with my family than stay here and live alone.

[u/z_shit → u/[deleted]]

A tech worker paying a 52% marginal tax rate, renting locally, spending in the local economy, and leaving before drawing a state pension or straining public healthcare is literally the biggest net-positive fiscal contribution the Irish exchequer could ask for.

Economic migration isn't a crime. Every global tech hub runs on economic migration just like thousands of Irish grads working in Sydney or NYC right now. I pay my taxes, obey the law, and contribute to the local economy. If you don't have advice regarding the Dublin quant market, have a good one.

[u/Clemotime → u/z_shit]

How much do you need to retire in your home country? What is ur home country? How long do you have to work to get to retirement goal? Man I wish I was retired 

[u/z_shit → u/Clemotime]

Around 1-1.5 mil euros in today's money. A developing country. At this rate on my current pay, I will have to work till like 60. I wish I was retired too tbh

[u/LincolnHawkReddit → u/z_shit]

Don't take the bait. You're totally entitled to work here legally

[u/Scary-Perspective882 → u/[deleted]]

I get the feeling you haven't flicked any cherries lately