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I'm changing careers. Thinking of becoming a so-called "quant". I figure there's got to be some folks here who can share their experiences with it.
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That's an interesting field! Good luck. What do you do now? I ask because I wonder how similar this move is to your existing training.
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I'm an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering, although my PhD is in Biomedical Engineering. To make a long story short, I'm leaving a couple years before I know I would have been denied tenure. So, I have a quantitative (but mostly applied, not theoretical) background. No finance or economics training to speak of, however.
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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Just to be clear, you're not speaking of becoming a Quantity Surveyor, right?
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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.
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EDIT: There's also this online class from Stanford (also has video lectures, just have to register). Seen a man standin' over a dead dog lyin' by the highway in a ditch He's lookin' down kinda puzzled pokin' that dog with a stick |
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