Questions tagged [career]
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How did you become a quant?
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There are as many career paths as there are people. How did you get started in the industry?
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Does pricing quant still have bright future?
With regulators tightening the tether, tradings are shrinking and exotic products are fading out, or as my quant friends told me so.
By the lag of education to the market, more MFE graduates are entering the market but the desk quants and library…
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Flow Traders' arithmetic test
I am preparing for the Flow Traders test. What are the beste sources for this? I've used Zetamac's Arithmetic Game before, but I am curious if there is anything better available as well.
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What is a Structurer?
People "on the Street" distinguish between quants and structurers. Who are the structurers? what do they do?
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What is "Flow Interest Rates"?
Looking at quant roles I keep seeing 'Flow Interest Rates' or 'Interest Rate Flow' - what does this refer to?
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How do you translate your years of quant modeling experience into 'data science' experience?
Here's a current listing for a hedge fund quant (emphasis mine):
Aid with data curation, data clean up and the buildout of models that will enable the team to identify data driven investment signals
Manage data throughout its lifecycle to ensure…
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How to get a Quant Job
At the end of the academic year I will graduate with a Computer Science degree (hopefully) and I would like to peruse a career in quantitative finance. What is the dest way of doing this?
Is it worth doing a doctorate like this from UCL or just get…
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