Recent content by Todd Fahey

Thanks. Programming remains - and will likely remain for a long time to come (depending upon AI capabilities) - a firm requirement in the financial domain. And the requirement to remain hand's-on throughout the majority of your career until/if one ends up in a purely strategic/managerial role...

I haven't noticed them - yet. Again, I recruit at the more seasoned end of the spectrum and these are, for lack of a better word, 'designer' degrees that are hitting on the current push in the domains. I have no knowledge of these degree programs, so I am NOT disparaging them - they just seem...

Hi Tigga. This question is actually fairly difficult to answer. The one thing I can scratch off the surface is that 'where' you pursue your degree program doesn't necessarily need to correlate directly with which market you want to target (unless visa issues are a concern). If I were to rank...

Hi Christian. I can't say that the introduction of new technology has at all influenced the candidate profiles. The reason for that is due to the fact that every client we work with in the quantitative finance community has an exponentially high bar. When I first started recruiting, COBOL, AS...

Hi Felix. Alas, I haven't been involved with junior level hiring in a long number of years. That said, the same 'rules' apply to all - and not just during interviews. First, communication skills are of the utmost importance. You could be the most brilliant person in your field. If you can't...

I would submit to the premise that if you want to be in a position of building advanced mathematical models as your career goal, pursue a PhD and a professorship/tenure track. I believe in the idea that there is theoretical and practical applications for the pursuit of mathematical models. If...

I am a capital markets recruiter who has been in this role for 25 years. I specialize in quantitative, systematic and electronic trading professionals across both sell-side and buy-side firms in quantitative research/trading, algorithmic trading, systematic trading, quantitative development, and...

Give me a call and we can discuss. Thanks.

Could you give me an idea as to what you are looking to get in terms of information here? There are many ways to distinguish yourself, assuming you have the talent and skills to do so: Fulbright and Rhodes scholarships; Putnam rankings; innovations that have commercial viability; etc.

Send me an email (fahey@sheffieldhaworth.com) and we can discuss. Thanks.

Preparing for a Career in the Field When preparing for a career in Financial Engineering, it’s helpful to know what you need to know in order to be considered a good candidate for a job, as well as how to be successful in that role once you are hired. First, you should know that the general...

I believe I get your point, but I think you may need a bit of education regarding roles and responsibilities. This is a 'generic' explanation, but it kinda looks like this: Quantitative modelers / researchers tend to be PhD's and tend to be wholly focused on the creation of new models and/or...

Answers: 1. You will absolutely be developing software if you expect / anticipate getting a sole as a quantitative strategist at any of the 'big' quant shops. Not to dissuade you - but it is a fact that you need to be capable of writing production-quality code. It's a very competitive...

Best answers I can give: 1. Contact your alumni relations and career center and see if they can give you contact info for Georgia Tech alumni in the quantitative finance profession. Globally. You never know where an opportunity may exist... 2. That question I can't help you with, I'm afraid...