job w/o programming skills?

[aaalex]

hi there,
im finishing a phd in theoretical physics and have strong math/problem solving skills. however, i dont know how to and dont really want to program.
im looking for a job where i can utilize my math skills w/o being able to program. is there a need in the finance world for people like me?
cheers. alex

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Occasionally I come across people who want to be Quants who won't do programming, the technical term for such people is "unemployed".

https://www.quantnet.com/threads/non-it-quant-roles.9307/#post-87768

 

[Yike Lu]

Yeah, Experimental HEP would have been more applicable. Sorry dude.

 

[Jayanthan]

DominiConnor -Quant Headhunter. Are they IB Headhunters too? just to recruit analyst.

 

[Daniel Duffy]

hi there,
im finishing a phd in theoretical physics and have strong math/problem solving skills. however, i dont know how to and dont really want to program.
im looking for a job where i can utilize my math skills w/o being able to program. is there a need in the finance world for people like me?
cheers. alex

No.
I think the phrase dont really want sends very bad signals.

40 years ago maybe, in 2013 you are out of touch with reality.

Sorry about that.

 

[financeguy]

you can be a structurer at a bank.. you'll have to program a little bit but mostly it'll be a job that uses the creative side of a math background

 

[Joy Pathak]

You have to at least be able to use VBA excel. Structurers and many trading desks at banks will just use excel vba for their work.

 

[pruse]

Welcome back to QN, Joy!