Different Quant skills needed in BB S&T

[Aerial]

Many students currently at Quantnet are interested in the different areas of quantitative finance, and BB S&T is one area that many students from MFE's (or quantitative backgrounds) seek. However, it is fact that there are different desks within S&T that vary in the level of quant-ness and programming skills needed.

My request:

Could someone who works/understands the different areas and roles of BB S&T provide some information on to what extent of mathematical/programming skills that one needs for EACH DESK? For example, the general consensus is that in terms of quantitative-ness: any derivatives > fixed income > equities. For the EXOTICS desk, it is necessary that one understands stochastic calculus and PDEs. Continue this please?

 

[Joy Pathak]

Many students currently at Quantnet are interested in the different areas of quantitative finance, and BB S&T is one area that many students from MFE's (or quantitative backgrounds) seek. However, it is fact that there are different desks within S&T that vary in the level of quant-ness and programming skills needed.

My request:

Could someone who works/understands the different areas and roles of BB S&T provide some information on to what extent of mathematical/programming skills that one needs for EACH DESK? For example, the general consensus is that in terms of quantitative-ness: any derivatives > fixed income > equities. For the EXOTICS desk, it is necessary that one understands stochastic calculus and PDEs. Continue this please?

do you mean as support to S&T as a desk quant or quant developer? or be a trader/salesman?

 

[Aerial]

do you mean as support to S&T as a desk quant or quant developer? or be a trader/salesman?

Trader and Quant developer.

I already know that:
For sales: communication skills are the most important.
For Desk Quants: you're going to need a PhD or an MFE with a background in derivatives pricing.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

For Desk Quants: you're going to need a PhD or an MFE with a background in derivatives pricing.

My own experience at a prop credit correlation trading desk
C#, VBA, Excel, SQL, some scripting language
Knowledge of single name CDS, index pricing, pricing library knowledge, curves building, calibration methods, etc.