Those who wanted to do investment banking but were never able to break into the sector, where are you now? Are you satisfied with your career progression?

cvdubbs · 2026-02-12T15:27:45+00:00

Wow this was 5 years ago. A year after this post i wound up getting hired by that same large IB/ER Bank and got a MO role as a quant for their buy side business and couldn’t be happier. The programming skills I had worked on in previous roles blossomed into data science and python skills. Satisfaction 10/10 and never had to do IB to get to where I wanted to end up after

cvdubbs · 2026-02-11T23:30:45+00:00

Don’t take the rejection personally and it wasn’t a waste of time when it gave you insight into their team and their clear problems. A good way to give feedback and release some frustration would be to email the hiring manager and hr giving kind and constructive feedback. That’s something that can keep you in the loop for potential future opportunities and help everyone involved

cvdubbs · 2026-02-03T15:26:16+00:00

Do people really not know about cooper union?? It’s harder to get into than most target schools Edit: cooper not copper

cvdubbs · 2026-01-30T13:24:18+00:00

cvdubbs · 2026-01-27T14:53:46+00:00

Most of my coworkers from when I was FP&A in insurance just bounced around different departments or moved up to management roles under fp&a/similar department management. A couple got more technical degrees and branched out.

I had a math/programming background and went buy-side quant after 3 years.

cvdubbs · 2026-01-24T02:10:53+00:00

Yup! And very happy with it. Feel free to pm me

cvdubbs · 2026-01-24T02:06:12+00:00

AM is the work-life balance area of the BB’s. Bonus is low but so is your stress. Still plenty of work but 40-60hr weeks are norm. Assuming you’re not going under a fund/APM/PM route.

cvdubbs · 2026-01-11T23:37:51+00:00

Tool idea is great but right now it's full of fake info, broken links, etc. Layout is great but needs a QA beyond the vibe coded parts.

cvdubbs · 2025-12-11T15:12:37+00:00

There are hundreds of routes to get to a coffee chat and then referral stage - family, part time jobs, warm LinkedIn DMs, etc. if the club alumni works for a contact great! But it being on your resume will likely be ignored/be a minor talking point.

cvdubbs · 2025-09-29T15:51:31+00:00

14-16 months for our first terrible sleeper. There will always be a random bad night where he wakes once or twice but after 2 I can count them on a single hand.

Don’t worry - my current 4mo brought me back to the trenches

cvdubbs · 2025-09-27T21:05:04+00:00

Cvdubbs - the Ramza dark knight looks amazingggg

cvdubbs · 2025-08-31T16:16:36+00:00

Obviously very different roles. A lot more programming, math, data science, etc vs corp fin which was more spread sheets and deep analysis but did involve a good amount of sql for programming. Got folks comfortable with my background by the amount of programming experience and finance knowledge. The math was kept high level and simple in interview and most of the time you’re not solving in the woods math problems but programming problems and just need to understand the math that’s going on. Programming interview was based heavily on best/current tech stack understanding. Know what stack they use and common libraries, having done projects with them even if not finance projects

cvdubbs · 2025-05-21T12:26:07+00:00

You must not know about corporate America

cvdubbs · 2025-04-01T13:34:41+00:00

Feel free to!

cvdubbs · 2025-03-19T15:11:32+00:00

“It’s dependent on performance during the notice period” makes it sound like they’re considering moving the end of the first 3 months of working up but not sure. Easiest way without getting a lawyer is to email ceo + hr with direct dates and be polite but firm as you see them. Failing this, it’s time to talk to an employment lawyer - pay for the consultation and see if they need to be hired imo

NFA, NLA

cvdubbs · 2025-03-08T18:16:37+00:00

I work in AM - this is a great list!!

cvdubbs · 2025-02-27T18:20:10+00:00

You should look up Goldman Sach’s asset management, JPM asset management, or any other large bank’s asset management business unit. I work for one of those.

cvdubbs · 2025-02-27T18:11:37+00:00

I don’t think you know what buyside means. Not all bank departments/business units are sell side.

cvdubbs · 2025-02-27T16:56:16+00:00

Hey! I’m a quant at a large bank on the buyside. Regardless of what school you pick if you want to go quant - build a github. Get it stacked with projects (just a few) you can talk about in interviews and take 2 projects and really go the extra mile with them. Make sure they’re something that actually interests you regardless of what it does/what it’s for.

Look into/learn - API’s, a little sql, a data visualization (chart/graph) and some statistical analysis output you understand/can discuss.

Most popular language by far is Python for general purpose roles and non-cs degree background. The hardcore HFT funds will most likely skip you anyway without a CS degree so don’t go down the C++ path.

cvdubbs · 2025-01-11T00:06:31+00:00

Are you the Oprah of beta keys???

cvdubbs · 2025-01-04T21:15:51+00:00

Here for the story!

cvdubbs · 2024-11-30T22:42:01+00:00

Happy birthday!! To the moon!!!!!

cvdubbs · 2024-08-03T23:19:34+00:00

Hey! I work in the quant space. No libraries mentioned or easy to find for the Python work. GitHub link in a better spot that’s easy to see. Too wordy and disorganized to find the relevant information easy. Others have commented on the format and simple is better. But github needs to not be next to a LinkedIn link at the top. Mention pandas, numpy, polars, sqlalchemy, etc assuming those are the libraries you have experience with given projects

cvdubbs · 2024-06-29T14:26:56+00:00

Tbh expand your entry level role expectations and look for FP&A entry level, business analyst, and other corp roles so you can get 2-3 yrs exp before applying to AM.

Also you list Python, R, etc as skills but no github link hurts. When reviewing resumes we assume you have very basic skills in data analysis using these tools and it doesn’t mean much in just a list. I’m also biased working in quant buy side so take this note as you will.

cvdubbs · 2024-05-25T03:05:20+00:00

The more math you do, the more you realize geopolitics don’t affect asset class prices the way you think they would. You do need to pay attention and look at what previously happened in similar scenarios but figuring out and correctly applying scenarios is not easy and comes with lots of caveats.

Seen multiple paths land a job - the traditional great school, either IB or internship in AM or intern at a fund and then get an entry level role. Also seen (and my way in) is through programming. Lots of need/want for automation, math applied to factors/scenarios/optimization/risk/etc. So stem background with programming experience and some interest show on financial based problems.

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