#1: How My 20-Year-Old Brother Made $550,000/Year in Quant Trading

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Aadil Manazir is my younger brother. In this episode, we discuss how he landed a $500,000+/year job offer in quant trading at age 20, how he secured a Google software engineering internship (and turned it down) in his free time, and how he packed on 30+ lbs of muscle and much, much more.

00:00 - Introduction

01:00 - 8th Grade MathCounts

05:29 - American Mathematics Competition

06:16 - High School Math Club

08:29 - Elite Math Summer Camps

12:36 - Writing a Great Software Resume: BeamJobs

13:47 - Summer Research Camp

15:28 - Why Aadil Picked the University of California Berkeley

18:25 - Transition to College Life

23:20 - Aadil’s Introduction to Software and Quant Internships

27:18 - John Deere Software Internship

31:15 - Aadil’s Sophomore Year

32:10 - Aadil’s Grind to Land a Quant Internship: 60 Interviews

38:20 - Aadil’s Reaction at Getting a $130/hour Quant Internship at IMC Trading

43:40 - Aadil’s Experience Working at IMC Trading

47:30 - How Aadil Landed a Jump Trading Internship

54:50 - Aadil’s $500k+ Quant Salary

56:20 - How Aadil Got a Google Software Internship for Fun

58:22 - How to Become a Quant

1:00:55 - How to Prepare for Software Engineering Interviews

1:04:22 - The Value of Obsession

1:07:27 - You Don’t Need to Be a Genius

1:09:20 - How Self-Improvement Changed Our Lives

1:18:40 - Aadil’s Gym Transformation Story: Adding 30 lbs of Muscle

1:22:13 - How Looksmaxxing Changed Aadil’s Life

1:29:50 - Was Bodybuilding and Looksmaxxing Worth It?

1:35:30 - What’s Next for Aadil?