In Battle to Recruit New Quants, Hedge Funds Outpay Banks

Re:In Battle to Recruit New Quants, Hedge Funds Outpay Banks by npo9 on Sunday December 29, 2019 @05:51PM (#21909166)

Furthermore, what is a good way to become a quant?

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Re:In Battle to Recruit New Quants, Hedge Funds Outpay Banks by tansey on Sunday December 29, 2019 @05:57PM (#21909215)

The type of quants talked about in this article probably has a PhD in math, stats, CS (with a focus on machine learning), or something similar.

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Re:In Battle to Recruit New Quants, Hedge Funds Outpay Banks by Akababa on Sunday December 29, 2019 @06:14PM (#21909317)

This particular article is about MFE students from one school, but hedge funds love PhDs too.

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Re:In Battle to Recruit New Quants, Hedge Funds Outpay Banks by sukilot on Sunday December 29, 2019 @07:19PM (#21909674)

and especially physics, since financial modeling is based on physical modeling.

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Re:In Battle to Recruit New Quants, Hedge Funds Outpay Banks by curiousgal on Sunday December 29, 2019 @07:31PM (#21909736)

Well not directly, it's just that they both make use of stochastic calculus.

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Re:In Battle to Recruit New Quants, Hedge Funds Outpay Banks by melling on Sunday December 29, 2019 @07:40PM (#21909784)

Any good MOOCs, etc for the topic?

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Re:In Battle to Recruit New Quants, Hedge Funds Outpay Banks by Akababa on Sunday December 29, 2019 @05:56PM (#21909207)

One way to get interviews at least is by doing well in math contests.

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