I am actually a PhD candidate in ECE at Georgia Tech and wanted to explore opportunities in Finance. I will be getting an additional masters in maths here(with two courses stochastic processes for finance and financial data analysis). My research is the area of signal processing, in fact more in image processing. I use more PDE and differential geometry based method though I used wavelet and traditional methods before as well. I had earlier due to interdisciplinary nature of my work switched from aerospace engineering(where I did more control theory stuff) to ECE. I ended up getting a master in AE also that time. Obviously I think that more degrees hurt(3 masters(ECE,AE,MATH) after a time I should show only math and ECE competence and not AE degree. Any suggestions?
Also I am planning to give CFa level 1 in december. I want a job more in back/middle office at the buy side. I don't like too much coding so I would like a job which involve more math and finance and moderate coding. Will CFA help in that regard and what are the possibilities? Also I think I would like to go more for back/middle office jobs in buyer side which have 55 hours week rather than too stressful jobs. Kindly help as I am confused about what to do and what best to do with my skillset? Is a school like Georgia Tech which is just good in engineering good to get into wall street?
Also I am planning to give CFa level 1 in december. I want a job more in back/middle office at the buy side. I don't like too much coding so I would like a job which involve more math and finance and moderate coding. Will CFA help in that regard and what are the possibilities? Also I think I would like to go more for back/middle office jobs in buyer side which have 55 hours week rather than too stressful jobs. Kindly help as I am confused about what to do and what best to do with my skillset? Is a school like Georgia Tech which is just good in engineering good to get into wall street?
