Re: Quants without phds?
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so you agree with me? great.
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Over the short term yes. Over the long term no...like I said there other factors besides PhD-s that are not helping. But long term shouldn't really matter to someone getting into a program now.
And just because someone can't be a quant after a masters, does not mean a masters will be worhless. There are still a lot of lucrative finance jobs besides quant (trading, risk management, portfolio management etc).
So saying that masters is worthles because someone can't be a quant after, would be like saying that doing an MBA is worthless because you can't be a manager right after completing it.
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yea i'm right now interviewing for a variety of different positions (MBA w/ concentration in Mathematical Finance...i.e. took 1 yr course series in math fin).
i can't program in C++ or java, or user defined macros or use complex VBA stuff so i have lost out on a ton of jobs.
if i could do it over again i'd minor in comp sci in undergrad and get an MSFin instead of MBA.
Barron
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