I am very interested in working as a quant/trader at a hedge fund. But after looking through lots of profiles on LinkedIn, it seems like the possibility of getting there without a masters in something is slim to none. I am a year removed from school and I want to go back and get a masters. As a background, I have a Bachelors in Computer Engineering, minor in CS and Mathematics, graduated with a 3.97 from a non-target school, and I'm currently working as a developer. Given my background and goal, what would you recommend as a good fit for a masters program? Math might be difficult since I'm a few years removed from my core math classes, statistics might be difficult because I only took some intro classes. So I was thinking either Masters in CS, masters in Data Science/Engineering, or a masters in Financial Engineering/Quantitative Finance. I'd be happy to hear any suggestions. #datascience #dataanalytics #data
Given someone who has a phd in ml and trying to get in quant, the most important thing for these fuckers is which fancy school did you attend. See the schools on this LinkedIn profiles.
Getting your dick hard over prestige?.. One of us! One of us!
Forget about financial engineering. (Disclaimer: I have one and I have also worked as a quant trader/dev). Focus more on comp sci and learn more probability/statistics.
So you said don’t do it, but you have a degree in financial engineering? Did you do anything else or was that enough to get you in?
I worked as a quant-trader before I did financial engineering. I got that job primarily as a comp sci.
Go for CS, Math, or Stats masters at a top school
Top five math, physics, or statistics. You can try to join a relatively open firm and try to move internally. I did that.
I’m considering either math or Statistics, which do you think would be more useful for applications? Or I have also seen some people with CS masters.
Probably stats over pure math but why not apply for both.
Idk math or physics
I’m considering either math or Statistics, which do you think would be more applicable? Or I have seen some people with CS masters. Is there a preferred area?
To get an interview, any masters in CS, CSE, stats, math, or physics from a target school would work. Once you have an interview, it’s just how good are you.
Thanks for the feedback! That seems to be the consensus. That’s what I’ll shoot for. Are you a trader or a developer? If you’re close to a desk, would you mind sharing how I could start preparing to do well in the interview?
That seems to be what I’ve heard. Appreciate the feedback.
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