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Originally Posted by tomoe I have a few friends from school that became quants on Wall Street (and nearby). One was trained in computational biology and left our PhD program to work for a hedge fund in Connecticut. One did his PhD in neuroscience. The last did his PhD in electrical engineering. All have a strong background in machine learning & Bayesian data analysis--from what they've told me this was their best asset in terms of attracting employers and getting job offers. That's about all I have to add.

Thanks, that actually makes perfect sense to me. I've been doing a lot of reading up on machine learning/data mining lately.