All those jobs you listed are WAY more interesting than prop trading. I saw the job listing last year for google's currency trader position....
It's hard to get, but the top investment management firms (pimco, wellington, fidelity, templeton, t rowe price, state street, putnam, capital...
Ok, fair enough. Miscommunication there. For what it's worth, I'm a trader at my firm, doing market making and arb on a variety of spot and...
No offense but the more I read, the more it dawns on me that you don't know what you're talking about. Are you even in trading? If you knew...
A quant at a HFT shop, due to his strong technical skills, will have exit opps in tech/big data analytics. Aside from those types, I strongly...
You claim that you went to the country's "best b-school." I assume that you went to either HBS or Stanford? Yes, the top guys at getco/jump/drw...
Absolutely. I have a lot of friends who did top MBA and then went to work at top consulting firms (mckinsey/bcg/bain) and they are doing...
Even if we were strictly speaking about money, the opportunity for big bucks in prop trading has largely vanished.
AMEN. The hubris of traders is pretty incredible. The usual reaction of "why would you EVER want to go from trading to b-schools!" totally...
Yes, Booth does offer a part-time MBA, but part-time is not good for career transitions. They are designed for those who are being sponsored and...
The MBA on the whole is indeed oversaturated. The top schools however (top 10, maybe top 15) are still worth it though. For MBA, the long-term...
No, I'm not a troll. I appreciate your input though; it's always great to hear multiple viewpoints.
You raise some very valid points, so I will address them. First, although it's theoretically possible for a superstar trader at a top prop shop...
Well, there is certainly no substitute for actual work experience, but there's 2 factors driving my thought process. First, at a finance heavy...
Not at all. They look for totally different skillsets. Top prop shops want smart hard working people; while mba adcom certainly wants those...
That is somewhat interesting, but being an execution trader does not translate into actual research skills. Although the CFA is a good thing to...
As I said in an earlier post, I don't want to be a quant.
Evo, thanks for your input. Do you personally know prop traders from top firms who managed to get in? I know only 1, and I know a ton of traders....
I'm currently at a top chicago prop shop (drw, jump, sig, wolverine, optiver, sig). Is it possible to go from that to a top MBA program?...
CBOE study guides are definitely not sufficient. I think a lot of people failed the series 56 on their first attempt because they only relied on...
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