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Exactly why as a grad student I have decided to go into Quantative Finance instead of Data Science. Literally anyone can become a data scientist, which is not
by curiousgal 6y ago
Exactly why as a grad student I have decided to go into Quantative Finance instead of Data Science.
Literally anyone can become a data scientist, which is not a bad thing by all means. But for me, it makes it hard to justify me going to an elite French school and dealing with theoretical stuff (that will not be useful on a job, think VC dimension and all) for over a year.
- proverbialbunny 6y agoGood luck! I started with quant research and was successful at it before moving over to data science. It's a lot of fun! The technical challenges are more difficult too. Part of it is the area. I'm in the SF/Bay Area. The other part is schooling as the industry is a bit more ivory. I got my first tech job when I was 17.