at several places I worked in the past it was extremely common to ask where did you go to school; not what you studied. u of c offers a fin math
MarkBrown, you are an awesome. This is really good advice for those reading it. As far as Steve Harvey and Dan Pena, both are selling dream. Lol, Steve Harvey the comdeian said just jump.
ssp729, Are you trying to be trader or work in finance? You do not need a college degree if you want to be a full time day trader. You need a college degree if you want a full time 9-5pm job
Brilliant reply, thanks. You save a lot of time for us. Btw do you know which language Quantopian uses for their inbuild programming environment?
there is no one using quantopian that is rich nor matlab and dozens others i can name so do yourself a favor and ask. do i want to make money or do i want to be another dreaming geek lost in the discovery process never finding my way to really making money. find out what people, who are making money are using and become proficient with those platforms and hopefully work within an environment of profitability before going out and doing your own thing. this is a minimum ten year plan and if you don't heed this advice you may wander the rest of your life.
IMO you should watch Jim Simons MIT talk at the end. Here is advise on what to do from the god of financial engineers No one is going to want to hear that of course but it is obvious truth. In 20 years when you look back the great opportunities tomorrow will not be in financial engineering. That was 15-20 years ago.