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Hi everyone,
I'm new here and had some questions about the finance world. I'm currently in a Chemistry PhD program even though I don't really do chemistry -- most of my work is in applied mathematics/stochastic calculus/probability theory towards biological models. I've begun to start looking for opportunities after graduation to continue using my math knowledge as a career. I originally wanted to stay in academia but I wanted to be a math professor, and since I'm getting a chemistry PhD, I'm not sure how likely that will end up being, so I'm looking at possible alternatives. Everywhere I look, it seems that finance is the main field that uses stochastic calculus/advanced math topics, so I've begun looking into this as a career. I'll be honest that I don't know much about finance but I do know a lot of math so that may be a problem (I know some people who did econ/math double majors in college and got a job on wall street right after graduating). I've thought about taking the actuary exams as proof that I can do math and it would force me to learn more finance terminology and facts. A little about me and my background:
Bachelor's in Chemistry and Math
Undergrad GPA: 3.67
Master's in Chemistry
Currently working on PhD in Chemistry (possibly with Applied Math specialization)
GPA: 3.88
I do some Python coding for my research though most of the math I do is more analytical than numerical, so computational work is really secondary to the analytical work I do.
I'm not sure if I would even stand a chance of entering this field, but I feel like my math skills would certainly help, and not many people in the finance field have physical science backgrounds which would help me stand out I suppose. Or, perhaps there are other fields I should look into where I can use my knowledge of stochastic processes in other ways? Anyways, I've only started looking into this field a few weeks ago so I'm trying to learn as much as I can about the quant/finance world!
I'm new here and had some questions about the finance world. I'm currently in a Chemistry PhD program even though I don't really do chemistry -- most of my work is in applied mathematics/stochastic calculus/probability theory towards biological models. I've begun to start looking for opportunities after graduation to continue using my math knowledge as a career. I originally wanted to stay in academia but I wanted to be a math professor, and since I'm getting a chemistry PhD, I'm not sure how likely that will end up being, so I'm looking at possible alternatives. Everywhere I look, it seems that finance is the main field that uses stochastic calculus/advanced math topics, so I've begun looking into this as a career. I'll be honest that I don't know much about finance but I do know a lot of math so that may be a problem (I know some people who did econ/math double majors in college and got a job on wall street right after graduating). I've thought about taking the actuary exams as proof that I can do math and it would force me to learn more finance terminology and facts. A little about me and my background:
Bachelor's in Chemistry and Math
Undergrad GPA: 3.67
Master's in Chemistry
Currently working on PhD in Chemistry (possibly with Applied Math specialization)
GPA: 3.88
I do some Python coding for my research though most of the math I do is more analytical than numerical, so computational work is really secondary to the analytical work I do.
I'm not sure if I would even stand a chance of entering this field, but I feel like my math skills would certainly help, and not many people in the finance field have physical science backgrounds which would help me stand out I suppose. Or, perhaps there are other fields I should look into where I can use my knowledge of stochastic processes in other ways? Anyways, I've only started looking into this field a few weeks ago so I'm trying to learn as much as I can about the quant/finance world!