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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Abir" data-source="post: 275912" data-attributes="member: 43961">Dear all,I am an international student who is going to complete a PhD in physics in Australia in about six months (specifically, I worked on quantum communication protocols). Before my PhD, I studied Electronics and Communication Engineering in my undergrad. I am considering to shift to industry, possibly in Hong Kong, Singapore or Australia for the next 4-5 years and eventually get settled in India. I am looking for jobs that involve a fair bit of mathematics. With that in mind, a little bit of research introduced me to quantitative finance. I am writing down some aspects about myself as objectively as possible.Particular mathematics that I have used in my research:Linear algebra, probability, information theory, signal processing.Exposure to coding:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Matlab: I have a good exposure to Matlab, for example, I have a paper where I modelled atmospheric turbulence. I have also created several optical signal processing in Matlab. I have used a convex optimisation package, like CVX.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Python: Although I am not as fluent in it as in Matlab. Mainly it boils down to do a quick google search for the exact Matlab equivalent command that I am looking for, and after that I can fairly easily implement the algorithms. Also I have a good of exposure to the libraries like sci-kit learn.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">C: In my undergrad, I have done basic programming algorithms like sorting, printing patterns, data structure. However, I have not prepared particularly for any coding interview.</li> </ul>Exposure to machine learning and deep learning:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I have done a deep learning workshop from Spaceport AI that involved 3 Kaggle projects. There were projects like twitter sentiment analysis or recognising cats and dogs.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Currently, I am working on a physics project that involves machine learning, the work should appear on the arXiv soon.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I am currently doing a Udemy certification <a href="https://www.udemy.com/course/machine-learning-using-r-and-python/?utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=udemyads&utm_campaign=DataScience_v.PROF_la.EN_cc.AU_ti.5336&utm_content=deal4584&utm_term=_._ag_78855611892_._ad_359449255095_._kw__._de_c_._dm__._pl__._ti_dsa-801855579802_._li_9069264_._pd__._&matchtype=b&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxPb56IPc6wIVmjUrCh0VZQa-EAAYASAAEgIyv_D_BwE" target="_blank">course</a>. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">However, I haven't taken a machine learning as a core course, I know a bit of linear algebraic model behind neural network or the principle behind gradient descent algorithms but if someone asks me to solve an exercise problem from Christopher Bishop, I will get stumbled for a while.  The point is, if it is worth investing time to get well versed in the underlying math I can do that.</li> </ul>Soft skills:I am an introverted person, however, my Ph.D. gave me several opportunities to improve my communication and presentation skills. Based on my personality, I would like to be the guy who works on mathematical and statistical modelling and decode the state of the art trading papers.Weaknesses I can think of:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I don't have a finance background.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I haven't worked on SQL, however unlike data science jobs, I have seen that most quant ads don't have this requirements.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I need to prepare myself with coding interview questions.</li> </ul>Questions:1) How much chance do I have if I want to land a quant job immediately? 2) Assuming the chances are low for 1), what do I need to work on if I want to land a job before, say June 2021? Realistically, I will be busy in writing a few papers and after that I will write my thesis. So I can dedicate 2-3 months for job preparation.3) If I do a post doc, in a field say quantum machine learning, then how will it affect my job prospect? (There are <a href="https://www.ibm.com/thought-leadership/institute-business-value/report/exploring-quantum-financial" target="_blank">articles</a> about doing finance using quantum computers, but I am not sure how much my degree will boost my credibility.)4) How secure and stable is the job market, now given the COVID situation?5) Given this pandemic situation, I don't have much opportunity to do networking. Can you guys suggest strategies or opportunities to do networking?Any advice would be highly appreciated!</blockquote>

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