Next steps after bachelor's degree graduation

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Nicolae

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Hello,

This summer I will be graduating with a probably first class Computer Science degree in the UK. I did a 12months internship as part of my degree in the technology division of an investment bank, and also a summer internship with another investment bank in algorithmic trading technology. Based on these, I was offered a permanent position and will be starting my graduate scheme this year in technology in IB.

As part of my final academic year I've been conducting research on machine learning+stock markets and decided that a quant role may be of interest.

Can you please help me with these questions:
1) I am aware that my maths skills are not up to date as computer science didn't imply as much maths, even though I had a maths intensive background in high school. What level do I need to bring this up to in order to have a chance for this kind of job?
2) Doing a masters: are part-time ones regarded as highly as the full time ones? I was thinking of doing this whilst working. Or is it better to stop at some point and do a full time master?
3) What masters: I was looking at the Msc Finance (Part time) at the LSE, however this seems to be missing the quantitative element of it? I haven't found any part-time quantitative masters in London. Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks!
 
I am very interested to hear some opinions on this one since I am in a very simiar situation. Are you going to be working in the algo technology part of the bank when you start or it is a rotation scheme ?
 
This is pretty great ! Hm... Are you gonna be in Canary Wharf ? If so we might see each other some time in the underground mall without even knowing. World is so small !
 
Andy Nguyen said:
Sounds like it's time for a London QuantNet meetup. Would be good to meet other QN members who work in finance.
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I think this is a great idea ! . I would certainly suggest that on the forum once I get to London which will be in September. I assume there are quite a few people in the City/ Canary area
 
Zahari said:
This is pretty great ! Hm... Are you gonna be in Canary Wharf ? If so we might see each other some time in the underground mall without even knowing. World is so small !
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I was there last summer but I'll be in the City for the grad scheme instead. Yes, pretty small world indeed!
 
Andy Nguyen said:
Sounds like it's time for a London QuantNet meetup. Would be good to meet other QN members who work in finance.
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I agree, this is a very good idea. I also won't be back until September though, but we should definitely organise something.
 
work for three years to figure out what you really want to do and reevaluate. most people go through a lifetime in between graduation and a few years out. you'll mature a ton and have a better sense of who you are and what you want to spend your life doing.
 
mfegrad said:
work for three years to figure out what you really want to do and reevaluate. most people go through a lifetime in between graduation and a few years out. you'll mature a ton and have a better sense of who you are and what you want to spend your life doing.
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This sounds as a very good idea and would probably work in an ideal world. However, I wonder whether the emplyeers will be alright with your reevaluation that might potentially lead from jumping to another group in the firm. I guess I question the opportunities for mobility within the company or the niche that you are intersted in as a whole.
 
Any other opinions will be greatly appreciated. I'm not only looking for advice from experienced people, any kind of opinion is helpful. Thanks.
 
Nicolae said:
Any other opinions will be greatly appreciated. I'm not only looking for advice from experienced people, any kind of opinion is helpful. Thanks.
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Have you taken a look at Birkback's (not sure I spell it right) part time pasters. They aftually have a MSc in Financial Engineering. Take a look at it. I hear that heir part time masters are not bad at all. I would love other opinions too since this is an option I am considering as well.

There is the Risk Management and Financial Engineering in Imperial which seems to be top notch, but I am not sure if they have a part time option.
 
Ostroff said:
Have you taken a look at Birkback's (not sure I spell it right) part time pasters. They aftually have a MSc in Financial Engineering. Take a look at it. I hear that heir part time masters are not bad at all. I would love other opinions too since this is an option I am considering as well.

There is the Risk Management and Financial Engineering in Imperial which seems to be top notch, but I am not sure if they have a part time option.
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I have actually, and it looks really good from a contents point of view, however I'm not sure to what extent it has a global reputation. With LSE you would get that as well, at a higher price obviously.

Had a look at the Imperial one as well, and as far as I can tell there's no part time option, which kind of makes me exclude it.

Regardless, if I/we do decide to apply for the 2013 September intake, submitting an application in March is probably a must, as even though they are part time, it will become late soon. Or at least that's what I think.
 
You are right. Its sure that LSE is the better option. I was personally planning to apply for 2014 intake. You know.. just to get some time to look around and think about my options. I also want to learn as much as I can at work and focus on that during my first year and kind of see how things are going there. Are you applying for 2013 ?
 
Ostroff said:
You are right. Its sure that LSE is the better option. I was personally planning to apply for 2014 intake. You know.. just to get some time to look around and think about my options. I also want to learn as much as I can at work and focus on that during my first year and kind of see how things are going there. Are you applying for 2013 ?
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I am not sure yet, this is what I'm trying to figure out at the moment.
 

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