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Re:Did someone try to steal Goldman Sachs’ secret sauce (sou... by profquail on Monday July 06, 2009 @11:31AM (#689795)
Just for a bit more info...most job postings that I've seen for quant positions generally require at least an M.S. in Finance, if not a a Ph.D. in Finance or another technical field (Math/Physics/Comp. Sci./Engineering). This is so you'll either already be trained in the underlying financial math, or will be able to learn it quickly.

Also, the field is pretty stressful from what I hear. Not that some dev shops aren't the same way though...

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Re:Did someone try to steal Goldman Sachs’ secret sauce (sou... by gaius on Monday July 06, 2009 @01:49PM (#690064)
Yes, and you would have picked up your programming skills incidentally through studying your main subject. Quants are not software engineers - the programs they write are simply proxies for themselves as traders, able to react instantly and run 24/7.
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