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  1. Jarone Eugene McCorkle

    Is Phd the only route to becoming a "Real" Quant?

    Alright just making sure. Because I have seen jobs such as "Quant Trader, " or etc etc, so I naturally assumed series 7. Not sure if quant trading is related to FE .
  2. Jarone Eugene McCorkle

    Is Phd the only route to becoming a "Real" Quant?

    Thanks alot for the feed back. Much appreciated, really. I have an off topic question. Do quants need series 7 or other licenses on top of their degrees?
  3. Jarone Eugene McCorkle

    Is Phd the only route to becoming a "Real" Quant?

    @Tsotne Of course, I agree with you completely that one doesnt need a Phd do become an executive on Wall Street, no argument there. I apologize for the misleading statement of "front office gig," woops, my mistake. What I meant to say was a front office gig as a Quant. So what I am...
  4. Jarone Eugene McCorkle

    Is Phd the only route to becoming a "Real" Quant?

    First of all, big thanks to anyone chiming in and spending their time responding to my post. @Andy Nguyen From my very limited understanding of what Quants are, the definition of a Quant is supposedly a person who designs and implements mathematical models for either : 1) Derivatives 2)...
  5. Jarone Eugene McCorkle

    Is Phd the only route to becoming a "Real" Quant?

    Nowadays, the more research I do on becoming a Quant, the more my hopes seem to dwindle off to nothingness. To be a Quant means to obtain a Phd, or some approximation thereof............... My hopes, to becoming a Quant is close to any others ambitions. I learned how to code for fun. I used to...
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