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PhD. in Computer Science Quant Career Prospects

slp

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I'm currently pursuing a MSE in Computer Science and am most likely going to get a PhD (concentrating in machine learning or artificial intelligence). I've entertained the idea of going to a hedge-fund or some financial firm after the completion of my schooling; however, I'm not certain how good of an applicant I would be/what type of positions I would qualify for. I want to make it clear that I'm not going into a CS PhD program so that I can go into finance afterwards, but I'd like to know how feasible of a transition it would be for me.
I went to a prestigious undergrad program/masters program and will most likely attend a comparable PhD program. From what I can tell, my programming skills/math skills (completed my undergrad with a BS in Mathematics and my masters/PhD is/will be extremely quantitatively oriented) are highly desirable, but will my lack of financial knowledge prohibit me from landing a good position? Also, as a PhD. in CS, what type of positions can I expect to start off in/what's a reasonable salary expectation?

Thanks in advance.
 
any buyside role doesn't really require any finance knowledge at the beginning of your career, especially if you're in algorithmic/hf space.
 
slp said:
will my lack of financial knowledge prohibit me from landing a good position?
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Employers would choose a great CS/programmer without finance experience any day. Finance knowledge is easy to train/obtain while CS/math/programming skill is much harder/longer to obtain.
Also, look into big data, another field that have growing need for CS PhD grads.
 
Andy Nguyen said:
Employers would choose a great CS/programmer without finance experience any day. Finance knowledge is easy to train/obtain while CS/math/programming skill is much harder/longer to obtain.
Also, look into big data, another field that have growing need for CS PhD grads.
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Thank you! I'm most likely going to stick with something CS related, but it's nice to know that I have additional options.
 
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