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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Barry" data-source="post: 3353" data-attributes="member: 999">Am I qualified?Hi All, I am new to this forum and value your input on a career change that I am considering. I am currently working as an astronautical engineer for the US Air Force and I am very interested in the possibility of moving over to the finance in the coming year.  I am looking for a job in finance that is highly analytical and where I can make use of my current skill set.  Based on my research, quantitative analyst seems to be a good fit, but I am not sure that I have all the qualifications.  Please provide your thoughts on my job prospects and what I may be able to do to improve them in the coming year. Experience:  3 years as astronautical engineer at NASA and the US Air Force                     2 years as US Air Force pilot B.S.  United States Air Force Academy  (Major: Mechanical Engineering, Minor: Mathematics)M.S.  Rice University (Major: Mechanical Engineering) Academic focus:  Dynamics and control of space systems, stochastic methods, monte carlo analysis, optimization methods, modeling and simulation of multivariable systems, linear algebra Skills:  C, C++, Matlab, Excel Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.  Also, if you recognize another job category in finance that is a better fit that I may be overlooking, please provide that info as well. ThanksBarry</blockquote>