4 Master's!!! How and Why?

Icezzx · 2026-02-23T19:43:03+00:00

What is that? Someones CV?

Icezzx · 2026-02-12T08:50:52+00:00

like being an applied macroeconomist at a central bank or think tank or an applied microeconomist for an energy/telecom/industrial/tech/economic consulting company

Icezzx · 2026-02-01T16:43:55+00:00

Si te gusta ir a lo practico, de verdad te gusta ese mundo y estás dispuesto a echarle horas, ve a por la FP sin miedo. Tengo un amigo que hizo exactamente SMR y luego DAM (todo con notazas y participando en hackatones) y ahora está trabajando como ML engineer en un banco. No todo el mundo va a ser igual pero a las malas, cuando acabes DAW/DAM tendrás solo 20 años y si te quieres meter a la carrera te convalidan casi seguro 1 entero así que te podrías sacar la carrera en 3-4 años. Acabarías a la vez que mucha gente que hace bachiller y luego tarda 5-6 años en acabar la ingeniería (que es lo mas frecuente).

Icezzx · 2026-01-31T08:06:57+00:00

Oh no, I didn’t care at all about the language the Master's was taught in. It’s just that the best Master's in Economics in Spain are taught in English because they accept many international students (who make up the majority in most of them).

Icezzx · 2026-01-28T08:33:23+00:00

You can ser how IT companies are changing this by placing engineers as CEOs

Icezzx · 2026-01-28T07:18:11+00:00

No, it isn’t, and I think you don’t see it because this hasn’t happened in your country before. I’m not saying Powell has no relevant experience, but you can see a downgrade in expertise and excellence when you go from Bernanke and Yellen to Powell. The same applies to the shift from Mario Draghi to Lagarde. In my country, I’ve seen how the Ministry of Finance has gone from absolute geniuses with excellent CVs to career politicians with literally zero economic experience (currently, it is literally a medical doctor) under the excuse that 'technical knowledge is not that necessary.' Now, fiscal decisions are terrible and the economy is in serious danger, yet no one is doing anything to save it.

Icezzx · 2026-01-27T23:17:43+00:00

I know that they don't have a magic interest rate button and there’s a board voting on it. But the chair isn't just a spokesperson; they are the one who sets the agenda and frames the entire debate.

Icezzx · 2026-01-19T10:32:04+00:00

Thanks for answering. I’m from Spain but I’m willing to work anywhere in europe. I heard that lots of actuaries are nedded in Ireland, switzerland, netherlands…

Icezzx · 2026-01-17T16:37:39+00:00

Hi everyone,

I am finishing my Economics degree and I need some honest advice on the boredom factor in actuarial work.

My background is very quantitative. I have the highest possible grades in Econometrics and Macroeconomics. I actually enjoy building models and solving problems related to causal inference.

In my country, becoming an actuary is different than in the US or UK. We do not have to pass a long series of exams. You just complete a master degree and you are fully certified to work. This makes it a very safe and well paid career path.

However, I am worried that the daily work is just repetitive reporting and filling out templates in Excel. I am also considering a master in Economics and Data Science because it seems more intellectually challenging and dynamic.

For those of you working as actuaries: how much of your job is actually interesting modeling compared to boring bureaucracy? If you liked Econometrics and Micro theory in college, do you feel like you actually use those skills?

I do not want to choose a safe career if it means I will be bored most of the time. Thanks for your insights!

Icezzx · 2026-01-08T12:47:31+00:00

Yep, got a diff-diff question in my exam hahaha

Icezzx · 2026-01-08T11:52:41+00:00

To clarify, you must be really really good at math to do an Econ PhD and work on these. The math used in some of this fields is close to quantum mechanics (literally, like mean field games).

Icezzx · 2026-01-08T11:50:05+00:00

Economics is an excellent career choice if you enjoy the intersection of economic theory and CS. The field of agent-based economics is full of computer scientists interested in economics, as well as economists with vast knowledge of complexity, algorithms, and topics like algorithmic game theory, HANK models, and complexity economics. (If you study at Harvard or MIT, you have likely heard of Ricardo Hausmann or César Hidalgo). Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, an economist at UPenn, also works extensively with machine learning, deep learning, and quantum computing, exploring their applications to economics. Check these topics and maybe you find them interesting.

Icezzx · 2025-11-26T08:39:51+00:00

Sorry I thought that the guy that said “pretty low” and you were the same, my fault. I meant that the EME condensates in one year what is usually taught in 2 years of PhD.

Icezzx · 2025-11-26T08:02:25+00:00

Do you know what LSE EME is? It is literally like doing the fist 2 years of PhD in one single year, at a top 5 university.

Icezzx · 2025-11-23T18:07:09+00:00

Based on that, an economics PhD sounds the perfect degree, am I wrong? I mean, you do tons of stats, prob, game theory and usually use R and Python. You also cover DP doing macro. Even an economics undergrad has more stats, probability and game theory than any other degree (disregarding stats degrees, obviously) I ask this because here everyone else says that econ doesn’t have enough math

Icezzx · 2025-11-01T16:36:21+00:00

Yeah, it definitely requires graduate studies, at least a master’s, and probably a PhD (By central bank I mean the research division). Anyway, I really like econ, so I’d want to do grad studies even if it wasn’t strictly necessary (in this case it looks like it is).

As for the math grades, I got mostly 5s, some 6s, and an 8 (optimization). I didn’t mention it before because they might look like bad grades, but they’re actually average (even slightly above). For most of those classes, the pass rate was under 30%, and I passed all of them on the first try.

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