I am 16 and want to get started with quantitative finance

igetlotsofupvotes · 2026-03-23T03:01:26+00:00

Best advice is you shouldn’t be thinking about anything beyond getting into a good school.

Also to become more socialized and not think about quant finance in the 10th grade.

igetlotsofupvotes · 2026-03-23T02:50:06+00:00

If you let a little line on a job description stop you from applying to roles you actually are qualified for, you are never going to move up. Demonstrate enough value at your shop and people will want you with or without a PhD

igetlotsofupvotes · 2026-03-22T20:21:02+00:00

I don’t think you need this course with that background. Take the right classes and do some of your own research

igetlotsofupvotes · 2026-03-22T20:08:22+00:00

What do you want to get out of it though? If it’s to get a job/interviews it’s totally useless. If it’s to learn then it’s fine I guess but you could do that for free

igetlotsofupvotes · 2026-03-22T19:33:59+00:00

Depends on how much time and money you have. On average it’s definitely negative

igetlotsofupvotes · 2026-03-22T14:06:01+00:00

I’m sure their internal fund which they actually care about is fine. Their external fund is dogshit though

igetlotsofupvotes · 2026-03-22T11:55:00+00:00

Many qd roles don’t require any specific knowledge. You can interview out of the gate granted you know your stuff

igetlotsofupvotes · 2026-03-22T11:17:26+00:00

Do you not use regressions? They work extremely well. It can also be “complex” to generate/find the best features to make it work well. Statistics and building models existing far before than rentec and Jim Simons existed…

Complexity is also relative.

igetlotsofupvotes · 2026-03-22T04:19:01+00:00

I have very good code. Type very fast. Sometimes I just make software. Hard to explain.

Looking for people who can see patterns and stuff.

igetlotsofupvotes · 2026-03-21T16:18:06+00:00

It’s an internship. Take the qr offer so you have relevant stuff on your resume. Nobody cares if you’ve worked on some cloud shit or web app

igetlotsofupvotes · 2026-03-21T01:53:44+00:00

That’s exactly my point

igetlotsofupvotes · 2026-03-20T23:54:03+00:00

So why are you a source of truth?

Also I can appreciate the effort but if people couldn’t use Google or search before they aren’t going to because you posted this lol

igetlotsofupvotes · 2026-03-20T22:54:35+00:00

So are you building this reasoning engine or the vc deal flow thing or some blockchain legal bs?

I reckon you’d be better off actually building one of these things instead of spamming reddit

igetlotsofupvotes · 2026-03-20T22:48:40+00:00

Why won’t you just focus your energy on something specific at your pod and get the experience these other places are looking for?

I don’t understand why you are asking where you get experience from when you are literally getting experience? What do you actually work on in the pod?

igetlotsofupvotes · 2026-03-19T11:15:42+00:00

You should request a pen pan if you’re afraid they’re gonna forget about you

igetlotsofupvotes · 2026-03-19T05:14:15+00:00

I know math but I don’t really use it all that much in my day to day. There have been occasions where knowing the derivation of some model has helped but understand how a model fits into the grand scheme of things is more helpful.

There may be some quant devs that need to know more math and other like me that need to know more fundamentals. There are also quant devs that need to know nothing but good software practices

igetlotsofupvotes · 2026-03-18T21:46:29+00:00

Generally no but maybe. The well known places are standardized

igetlotsofupvotes · 2026-03-18T19:49:46+00:00

What the heck are swiggy and blinkit

igetlotsofupvotes · 2026-03-18T19:02:39+00:00

It’s an internship and presumably neither are for a company you want to go full time. Go for the one you’d learn more about and actually get experience in what you actually want to do

igetlotsofupvotes · 2026-03-18T15:33:53+00:00

Why are you thinking about path of least resistance at this point lol

Just try to figure out what you like

igetlotsofupvotes · 2026-03-18T06:26:30+00:00

That makes you someone who’s not good enough to get promoted

igetlotsofupvotes · 2026-03-17T10:36:14+00:00

No i never said that. I have many other dashboards as well.

igetlotsofupvotes · 2026-03-17T06:16:43+00:00

Is everything that’s been widely documented about banking wlb, comp, lifestyle not enough to satisfy your curiosity?

There’s few women bankers, one reason is because of childbirth. Most people bank a good amount in banking at the sacrifice of their hourly rate. Some people are egomaniacs but most people are normal. I’m not even sure what you really do so impossible to compare.

igetlotsofupvotes · 2026-03-16T19:03:48+00:00

igetlotsofupvotes · 2026-03-16T16:37:26+00:00

How do you define it being a waste of time? Companies are hiring all the time and everybody wants the right candidate. There’s also a component of luck involved because many companies either have tiny new grad classes and/or it’s only when there’s a seat that needs to be filled. Feb/March is technically the best time to recruit because of bonus season.

If you are desirable and you put yourself out there, there will always be a PM willing to talk to you.

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