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I'm currently working for one of the BB banks on the data side for about 10 month so far. (I'm now 24, each of my master degrees cost me 1 year, if knowing my age would help in the career switch plan...) They give me an AVP/associate level saying that considering me having two Masters (one in Finance from Johns Hopkins University, one in Statistics from Baruch College). The hours and pay are well (9AM-5:30PM, and low 6 digit base, I guess no bonus though. or 5K?..something like that...).
However, I'm not really a big data fan and I have always been trying to get into FO doing quant trading. I have passed my CFA level III this June (Well, I know CFA doesnt help regarding quant trading).
What I'm thinking right now is (1) I'm planning to apply for the MSCF program at CMU, it offer part-time program, and I really need my current salary to pay for the tuition and my living expense. (2) I'm trying to find a Quant trading job using internal career mobility system. But I am kinda "far away" from the FO, so I'm trying to figure out how to network with FO people.
Are there any suggestions that I can have from you guys? I really appreciate them! =)
(Regarding my programming skills, I program SAS/SQL very intensively now. In my spare time, I wrote some vanilla option(AM,EU,ASIAN)/CDS pricing model from scratch in C++/VBA/MATLAB -- one program in 3 version just to get used to the language environment. )
However, I'm not really a big data fan and I have always been trying to get into FO doing quant trading. I have passed my CFA level III this June (Well, I know CFA doesnt help regarding quant trading).
What I'm thinking right now is (1) I'm planning to apply for the MSCF program at CMU, it offer part-time program, and I really need my current salary to pay for the tuition and my living expense. (2) I'm trying to find a Quant trading job using internal career mobility system. But I am kinda "far away" from the FO, so I'm trying to figure out how to network with FO people.
Are there any suggestions that I can have from you guys? I really appreciate them! =)
(Regarding my programming skills, I program SAS/SQL very intensively now. In my spare time, I wrote some vanilla option(AM,EU,ASIAN)/CDS pricing model from scratch in C++/VBA/MATLAB -- one program in 3 version just to get used to the language environment. )