introduction to quant careers

[cool_joh]

Hi all. I'm a new member here, just happened to come across this forum while searching some info about quants.

Currently, I'm a freshman majoring in applied mathematics. I really have no idea what's my career gonna be. I'm interested in doing something about finance, although I don't have any knowledge in that area. There are some popular jobs that I found: quants, actuaries, financial engineer, etc. Can anyone tell me what are the differences between these jobs?

I heard that quants job is really stressful and hectic. Is that true? What do quants do on a daily basis? Please be specific. I've read some general description on the internet, but I still can't understand what a quant actually is.

Thanks in advance.

 

[mfegrad]

why are you interested in finance, if you don't have any knowledge of the area? what interests you about the discipline?

quant is a broad term, which is probably why you might have trouble finding much. that said, anything more than a perfunctory search should yield answers. try joshi, for one.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Welcome to Quantnet
Most of your questions are asked and answered numerous times so you will come across most of it the longer you stay on this site. I would start with the master reading list.
http://www.quantnet.com/forum/threa...uants-mfe-financial-engineering-students.535/