Rolegario, if I had cared enough to post I would have only hoped it came out as well as yours did. Great post. I'm having nightmares about the word Oxford.
I had some free time so I thought I'd entertain myself with some of the responses I have had on here. You leeches can read into my original post to whatever great extent you desire and extract whatever "inferiority complexes" you wish from it (don't forget that it is your failure to succeed in trading which looks for such inferiority complexes in others). The fact of the matter remains, however: I asked a simple question which most people on here, out of PURE ENVY or plain IDIOCY, just couldn't bring themselves to answer in a positive way (and no, positive way DOES NOT mean "in the way I want it answered"). You people must be just too fucking STUPID to understand what my question was in the first place. Did I ask whether an Oxford degree would PREPARE ME for a job in trading? Absolutely NOT!! Yet I have all of these responses stating: graduate school cannot prepare you for trading. I simply asked whether having a Pure Mathematics Oxford Degree on my resume would help me to get interviews for jobs in trading (i.e. am i better off with Oxford on my resume, without Oxford on my resume, or is it just the same either way?). Even Mr. M.I.T. didn't grasp the meaning of my question. He starts explaining how graduate school will not prepare me for what lies ahead in trading (WOW what a fucking idiot....was that my question?.... LOL) So the problem is not with me attempting to get a particular answer to my question. But rather, the traders on here posting answers to questions I didn't ask. Something obviously pisses people off on here about my original post. I KNOW it is envy. I know that nearly every response on here reflects that envy. To be honest, were I in any of your shoes, I'd be envious too! It's not that I think I am better than you.......I KNOW I am better than you! That's the bottom line. I suppose the disdain comes into play when you too realize that I am better than you. This is understandable. By the way, how many of you traders made money in your first four months of trading? Doesn't matter since I am probably through with this forum. I have used all of my free time and need to attend to more pressing matters. By the way, New York University, my alma mater, is waay better than MIT in applied mathematics (i.e. the melding of mathematics and computer science). Just thought you might be interested in that since you are BS MIT grad yourself. Also, you say your parents immigrated from a third world country but you didn't happen to mention what they do for a living. I hate it when people claim poverty but in reality know nothing of it. Obeisantly,
Neener neener.... I KNOW im better than you... Neener neener, my school is better than yours.... Neener neener...your envious of me.... Spoken like a true scholar. Oxford will be so proud. peace axeman
That's classic!! Haha! That' so FUNNY! ROFL. I almost fell of fmy chair. Oxford is actually very good school. And even has a very solid math program. And FF should be proud, etc. But it's a bit excessive pride to go on mesg board and broadcast it. Being an ex-quant, I've worked with people with some incredible credentials who are far more humble or don't think too much of it. Phd is the the norm int he quant world now. Phd in math, physics, compsci, finance, economics, engineering are like a dime dozen on Wall St trading desks and research department. So, an MA/MS math at Oxford is good but nothing that they feel like they should fall off their chairs and get on their knees to worship you. Not, only is a phd of any kind from a top school is so common in finance field nowadays, that people don't even think twice. And it goes further, were you a top scholar or just a merely a very good one? Some of the top quants not only have phds, but their research were top notch with great publicatons even before they ever entered finance. So, I applaud you on your accomplishments but I just want to let you know that it's pretty common nowadays. Check out this link on a thread where I discussed this topic extensively already: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17944&perpage=6&pagenumber=4 As to trading, yes, having an MS in math at Oxford will help you land a salaried position at an i-bank. Whether you be actually doing trading or not is something else. You'll get a higher chance of getting hired if you applied to fixed income derivatives trading or exotics because they like math people more. Good luck dude. There's a lot to see and learn in trading and in life. trader99
you are a certified nut-case! (but a funny one at that!). Judging from the number of responses, I think there are people here who don't know this thread is a joke. (I thought it was particularly funny that Don B responded and extended an invitation to "intern" at the Desert Asylum!! Can you imagine?? an "internship" at that zoo! -- too funny). carry on my good friend form Oxford
It doesn't matter the raw IQ score. Mensa scores on the top 2% of the population. Originally, they wanted to do just the top 1%, but they fuxored their scores, so they lowered it to 2%. What matters is the score on that particular test. Take me for example. I scored an IQ of 142 on one test, and 138 on the other (on the same day, one test right after the other). Strangely, on the 142 test I was not good enough to get into Mensa (97%), while on the 138 test I was at 99%! So I've generally considered myself borderline genius. Oh, and I got in of course. Lemme plug SouthEast Michigan Mensa here, they rock! And get to SOTS. Clearly the best regular event on the calendar. Not that this matters to you FP. Losers like you tend to be quickly outcast, should you somehow get in (we've noticed that the braggarts have a high failure rate). I dunno about other chapters, but there are a couple guys in SEMM that can rock your world - no doubt about it. And I also know they wouldn't talk to you for more than 5 seconds.