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title: "What it means to be a quant on the buyside; Quants Have Been Dubbed The Rocket Scientists of Wall StreetIn this series we discuss the careers and experiences of the Aladdin financial engineers."
url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-it-means-to-be-a-quant-on-the-buyside-quants-have-been-dubbed-the-rocket-scientists-of-wall-st-otj1myvfg
source_url: https://engineering.blackrock.com/what-it-means-to-be-a-quant-on-the-buyside-quants-have-been-dubbed-the-rocket-scientists-of-wall-2c6fd7276bdd
type: article
source: "Blackrock Engineering"
published: 2024-02-19T10:23:26.470Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:39:06.345Z
tags: ["ai", "career", "finance"]
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# What it means to be a quant on the buyside; Quants Have Been Dubbed The Rocket Scientists of Wall StreetIn this series we discuss the careers and experiences of the Aladdin financial engineers.

**[Blackrock Engineering](https://daily.dev/sources/blackrock)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

The post discusses the careers and experiences of the Aladdin financial engineers, who are quants on the buy side. It highlights the use of machine learning, optimization frameworks, neural networks, the client and user-provider model, and the importance of models in the profession. The author anticipates that quants will need to embrace new technologies like AI and Generative AI in the future.

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