Firm Events
Talks with practitioners and alumni give members role context, firm texture, and better questions to prepare around.
Community // Calendar
Events // Firm-First Calendar
Practitioner talks come first. Recruiting prep, technical workshops, practice formats, and recaps follow.
01// FIRM_EVENTS
September 10, 2026 // Career Development
How Quant Firms Work
Market makers, hedge funds, prop shops, and quant developer seats.
- For: new members choosing a track.
- Before: skim the firm database categories.
- Leave with: a role map and two firms to research.
September 2026 // Alumni Spotlight
Transmarket Group Alumni Visit
Jake Isakson and Carter Kryzak on trader work and prop-shop recruiting.
- For: trader-track and recruiting-focused members.
- Before: prepare one question about prop-shop work.
- Leave with: clearer trader prep and alumni context.
Oct-Nov 2026 // Speaker Window
Chat with Max Dama
Headlands-oriented conversation on automated execution and desk instincts.
- For: trading systems, trader, and developer paths.
- Before: review basic order book vocabulary.
- Leave with: execution questions to test in projects.
Oct-Nov 2026 // Speaker Window
Fireside Chat: Jerry Kurtin
Jane Street SWE conversation on technical culture and preparation.
- For: Quant Developer and CS/ECEN members.
- Before: open Course Map and note one systems gap.
- Leave with: a sharper SWE prep checklist.
02// MEMBER_PREP
September 3, 2026 // Onboarding
Fall Opening Meeting
Tracks, pods, recruiting calendar, and bootcamp starting points.
- For: anyone deciding where to start.
- Before: no prep required.
- Leave with: membership path, bootcamp starting point, and next event.
September 17, 2026 // Recruiting Prep
Resume + Discovery Day Prep
Resume bullets, early-career programs, and next recruiting actions.
- For: freshmen, sophomores, and early applicants.
- Before: bring a resume draft or project notes.
- Leave with: one revised bullet and follow-up list.
October 2, 2026 // Interview Prep
Probability & Brainteasers Night
Timed problem solving with verbal reasoning practice.
- For: interview prep and trader-track members.
- Before: try 3 expected-value problems cold.
- Leave with: timed reps and cleaner verbal explanations.
03// TECHNICAL_WORKSHOPS
October 16, 2026 // Python
Python for Quant Finance
Clean one dataset, compute useful stats, and ship a rerunnable notebook.
- For: beginners and developer/researcher paths.
- Before: install Python and bring a laptop.
- Leave with: one rerunnable notebook pattern.
October 30, 2026 // Derivatives
Options & Volatility Workshop
Greeks, skew, hedging language, and model intuition.
- For: trader/researcher members and vol-curious beginners.
- Before: review calls, puts, and payoff diagrams.
- Leave with: Greeks vocabulary and one notebook idea.
November 13, 2026 // Market Structure
Order Book & Microstructure Session
Spreads, adverse selection, inventory risk, and manual quoting.
- For: traders, systems builders, and interview prep.
- Before: learn market, limit, bid, ask, and spread.
- Leave with: a quoting mental model and pod ideas.
February 2027 // Research
ML for Finance, Done Carefully
Model checks, leakage, baselines, and skeptical evaluation.
- For: researcher-track members after Python basics.
- Before: bring one modeling idea you distrust.
- Leave with: leakage checks and baseline discipline.
March 2027 // Systems
Low-Latency Systems Primer
Latency, runtime tradeoffs, and exchange-style system design.
- For: Quant Developer and systems-interview prep.
- Before: review one systems project or class topic.
- Leave with: latency vocabulary and build directions.
04// RECURRING_FORMATS
These are the formats that keep members improving even when there is no outside speaker. The default rhythm is small: one concept, one rep, one note to carry forward.
Weekly Problem Nights
Five timed problems across EV, probability, estimation, market-making, or coding, followed by short explanations.
Interview Prep Nights
Timed probability, brainteasers, mental math, and mock interview habits with answer explanations.
Technical Workshops
One concept, one usable takeaway, one follow-up path into a guide, notebook, or pod.
Recruiting Debriefs
Application timing, interview patterns, and process notes turned into next actions.
05// RECAPS
Recaps should stay lightweight: what happened, three takeaways or common mistakes, useful resources, and the next action before the next meeting.