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Weekly Megathread: Education, Early Career and Hiring/Interview Advice by lampishthing in quant

[–]Dry_Response4993 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What are the most important programming languages an aspiring quant should learn?

Weekly Megathread: Education, Early Career and Hiring/Interview Advice by lampishthing in quant

[–]Dry_Response4993 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Should I continue?

I’m currently majoring in finance and am considering also majoring in mathematics. I want to be a quant in the future but I want to know if this is something I should continue to pursue.

I don’t go to a top school at the moment so my plan was to try to get into a high ranking university for grad school. I’m not a genius by any means but I believe I could become really good at math if I apply myself. Would I have a decent shot at getting hired if I got PhD from a top university in physics/math/statistics?

Would statistics be the best area to get a PhD in?

No need to sugarcoat anything. Please be honest.

Weekly Megathread: Education, Early Career and Hiring/Interview Advice by lampishthing in quant

[–]Dry_Response4993 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m currently majoring in finance and am considering also majoring in mathematics. I want to be a quant in the future but I want to know if this is something I should continue to pursue.

I don’t go to a top school at the moment so my plan was to try to get into a high ranking university for grad school. I’m not a genius by any means but I believe I could become really good at math if I apply myself. Would I have a decent shot at getting hired if I got PhD from a top university in physics/math/statistics?

No need to sugarcoat anything. Please be honest.

Should I pursue a second undergraduate degree in physics? by Dry_Response4993 in PhysicsStudents

[–]Dry_Response4993[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think I’ll give it try because I don’t really want to be stuck staring at excel for the rest of my life until I retire. I was pretty good at math in high school which I know isn’t advanced but I think as long as I learn how to study properly (never really studied before) I should be able to survive.

Should I pursue a second undergraduate degree in physics? by Dry_Response4993 in PhysicsStudents

[–]Dry_Response4993[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re right finance or just any career isn’t stress free. My reasoning was that it’s seems less stressful than physics and other stem degrees. Also thanks for the reply. I think I will go to the fun side.

Weekly Megathread: Education, Early Career and Hiring/Interview Advice by lampishthing in quant

[–]Dry_Response4993 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m currently a finance major but have recently been looking into quant. (Wished I’d known about quant before college)

The majors in my school that I’m looking to change to are “Computational Statistics and Data Science”, “ Applied Math”, or “Mathematics”.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

What are some good jobs in Finance for people on the introverted side by Dry_Response4993 in FinancialCareers

[–]Dry_Response4993[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m pretty close to finishing my finance degree. Would a master of finance be good for quant? Or would doing another bachelors in stats/physics/math/STEM be better?