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(I'm a quant at a trading firm) On the quant side, the somewhat unfortunate answer is "get a STEM PhD". My firm is always looking to hire quants who are also go
by evanpw 7y ago
(I'm a quant at a trading firm) On the quant side, the somewhat unfortunate answer is "get a STEM PhD". My firm is always looking to hire quants who are also good (Python / C++) developers, but you'll probably not get past the initial resume screen without a PhD or other serious research experience.
- chaosbutters 7y agothat's a pretty low bar (know python and have a STEM phd)
- icedchai 7y agoIs this sarcasm? Getting a PhD takes many folks well into their 30's. It's not a "low bar" by any means.
- bovine3dom 7y agoIn your experience, are quant firms bothered about whether the STEM PhD had anything to do with finance? I'm considering trying to get into the field when I finish my Comp Sci PhD in a few months. I'm a little worried that my sole explicit financial qualification is that I really enjoyed a course on Black-Scholes towards the end of my undergraduate in Physics, although I probably would word that slightly differently on a CV.
- evanpw 7y agoProbably a preference for non-finance fields of study. Might be different at hedge funds doing longer-term trading, but at the short end, academic finance is very far from anything being done in practice.
- bovine3dom 7y agoAh, that's great to know. Thanks for taking the time to reply!