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High paying jobs in finance are stuffed with physics phds.
by seanhunter 2y ago
High paying jobs in finance are stuffed with physics phds.
- lumost 2y agoWhile somewhat true, I suspect that the path for these phds was both more error prone and harder than alternative pathways to the same position. My understanding is that the use of physics Phds for this role has fallen over the years as financial engineering and quantitative finance have evolved. You see similar patterns with Physics Phds in AI teams. You are likely to encounter one over your career, but it's not typical.
- aleph_minus_one 2y agoMany good physicists with PhD degrees don't have the character traits that are necessary to be hired and/or to be successful in finance.
- seanhunter 2y agoSure, but I was just giving a counterexample from my personal experience for the claim that their aren't many good paying jobs for Physics PhDs. In my career I have come across a weirdly large number of physics phds in very lucrative roles and that covers various fields, finance, in the software/tech industry (especially in data analysis type roles) and other places.
- gcheong 2y agoI knew a lot of physics (and other) PhD's when I worked in finance but I always wondered if they would have chosen to go into that field if they knew that's where they'd most likely end up.
- tim333 2y agoHaving studied physics and finance, physics tends to be much more interesting to study.