Comprehensive Path To Become A Quant

[Dev]

Hi,

I'm Dev. I have completed engineering in Computer Science in 2015. Since then, I'm working as a developer( web development). I'm highly interested to make a career in Quant Finance. Coming from an engineering background, I have maths skills and programming skills( PHP, HTML, C). But, I have no finance knowledge.

I'm planning to do masters in Financial Engineering/ Quant Finance. Could anybody please suggest a comprehensive path to become a Quant?

I'm going to apply next year. As I have few months in hand, please suggest how to build a profile, what skills to develop and what else to look upon to get acceptance from top universities.

Hoping to hear back suggestions.

Thanks.

 

[Connor Whelan]

https://www.quantnet.com/threads/so-you-want-to-be-a-financial-engineer.11338/

 

[Ken Abbott]

Hi,

I have no finance knowledge.

I'm planning to do masters in Financial Engineering/ Quant Finance. Could anybody please suggest a comprehensive path to become a Quant?

How do you know you want to be a quant?

 

[Daniel Duffy]

I have maths skills
Which ones?

To be honest, PHP and HTML, Web dev are not very useful in comp finance. They are GUI tools. If you are very good at C, that is positive I suppose.

 

[Drew L]

Hi Dev.
If you say you're going to apply next year, my best advice is to find a local college and take undergraduate math theory courses. They will make your graduate school classes a lot easier. A lot of the material relevant to quant finance (stochastic calculus) assumes a high knowledge of theoretical math to be well understood. It will also make your applications a lot more appealing.
Good luck.