This is pure tech position, no analytics involved. Why would anyone other then tech people want to do this?
We had a guy have a heart attack right on the trading floor, if an MD was there the fellow might have survived. That would have been bad. On a...
We had one at the last place I worked, she was a good trader too (*). In fact, in yet another place we had a pricing model (she was a quant :)....
I presume the requirements are 6 foot tall, double-D cup minimum, preferably blond? Experience in trading not required :D
Hehe. I am about a block from Grand Central too (Madison and 47th) we should do lunch :)
There is no contradiction between the two models. However, one can think of non-markovian martingales, just to make life even more misarable. For...
Quote from FireWalker: Something is either random or it's not. There is no such thing as partially random. Of course there is. The absence of...
Forward me their resumes - we are still looking for another two programmers. PS. I too do have a PhD and years of experience, in case you...
Well, an example of falure is not indcative - there are very serious quantitative traders, you just have not met them. Well, you are talking...
I am not going to argue with the fact that quants do have years of experience, but I know of quite a few quants that moved onto trading. A few...
I would certainly hope that you are kidding, matrix multiplication is as basic as it get. We were looking for solid c++ delveopers with...
I am talking about c++ positions. Some people had no C++ experience and they still put c++ on their resume, just to get an interview. We needed...
You know, our desk has been looking for programmers - he intreviewed a lot of people, but they all sucked. We found a few for salaries much bigger...
From what Iâve seen on the street, almost any legal action on the side of investors is usually a scam of one sort or another. For example,...
Technically, any job could be outsourced. By that logic the whole companies will move over. However, there are a few consideration that will...
A interesting fact - some 10 years ago, you were able to hire a math PhD with great programming skills for mere 500 a month in Moskow. These days...
No, not really - most places are looking for people that have seen some action in a specific field. An entry level position is hard to come by.
Plenty - contact your nearest quant recruiter (Options Group in NYC is one example). But be prepared that your PhD is not enough - many people...
Nowbody is perfect. I think it was last november when a trader from equity derivatives entered an order to short some futures (or so he tought),...
Dont tell me you work for Bear - that would be too funny :D
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