Hi All,
Maybe this question has been asked already on this forum earlier, if yes apologies that I couldn't find it.
Primarily what I am looking for is your opinion / evaluation of whether I am a suitable candidate to pursue a career in Quantitative finance stream. I would like to request this assessment primarily from the stand point of a university who is looking for prospective candidates and an employer. Following is my background in brief
Education:
I am a Telecommunication Engineer by training. My grades in Maths in the first 3 years of my undergraduate studies were not noteworthy. Altough I recovered in the last year and got a First Class (65%) in India. I completed my studies in the year 2000.
Career:
Since year 2000 I have been working in IT primarily as a C++ programmer. For first 4 years I was working for the tech industry (telecom s/w and information security). For last 6 years I have been working on s/w development in an Investment Bank and in last two years I have been exposed to this field and found it interesting.
The first and foremost question I have for this is, am I too old to start this now ?
Also due to my personal considerations I will not be able to take up a full-time course.
What do you think are my options if any?
Would really appreciate your assessment and opinion on this.
Thanks
P.S.
Maybe this question has been asked already on this forum earlier, if yes apologies that I couldn't find it.
Primarily what I am looking for is your opinion / evaluation of whether I am a suitable candidate to pursue a career in Quantitative finance stream. I would like to request this assessment primarily from the stand point of a university who is looking for prospective candidates and an employer. Following is my background in brief
Education:
I am a Telecommunication Engineer by training. My grades in Maths in the first 3 years of my undergraduate studies were not noteworthy. Altough I recovered in the last year and got a First Class (65%) in India. I completed my studies in the year 2000.
Career:
Since year 2000 I have been working in IT primarily as a C++ programmer. For first 4 years I was working for the tech industry (telecom s/w and information security). For last 6 years I have been working on s/w development in an Investment Bank and in last two years I have been exposed to this field and found it interesting.
The first and foremost question I have for this is, am I too old to start this now ?
Also due to my personal considerations I will not be able to take up a full-time course.
What do you think are my options if any?
Would really appreciate your assessment and opinion on this.
Thanks
P.S.
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