Starting over as a quant at 30.

[zekkwal]

I aspire to be a quant and I’m looking for a masters degree in finance anywhere in the world. My bachelors was in electronics(above avg student) where I did study some probability, statistics, linear algebra, differential calculus etc. only problem is it was 10 years ago so I’m afraid if it’s too late to completely make a switch into quants. My dream position would be the Front/Middle Office in any of the big Investment Banks. I’ll open to any advice, motivating or harsh !

 

[QuantCoach]

I think it really depends on what you did during the 10 years between graduating and now.

 

[marcusaurelius]

This post reminds me of Dimitri Bianco's video:

Now I have read some posts that say he does not know what he is talking about. It's for you to judge. In my naive opinion, as long as you're too good to be ignored, then it's not a problem.

 

[zekkwal]

I think it really depends on what you did during the 10 years between graduating and now.

I went into sound engineering since I’m into music as well, but I believe the time is up for it. I’ve been doing a lot of successful option trading on the side for the past 3 years, hence the interest

 

[marcusaurelius]

I went into sound engineering since I’m into music as well, but I believe the time is up for it. I’ve been doing a lot of successful option trading on the side for the past 3 years, hence the interest

Just for info, I am not in the industry yet, so my take on this matter is to be taken with a grain of salt. My background is more of financial forecasting/econometrics. Methods you would find in sound engineering are found in time series forecasting a lot.... Signal processing is a whole applicable branch, so perhaps steer towards there?

This guy on twitter shares a lot of useful material. For signal processing:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1617620657591955456

 

[zekkwal]

Just for info, I am not in the industry yet, so my take on this matter is to be taken with a grain of salt. My background is more of financial forecasting/econometrics. Methods you would find in sound engineering are found in time series forecasting a lot.... Signal processing is a whole applicable branch, so perhaps steer towards there?

This guy on twitter shares a lot of useful material. For signal processing:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1617620657591955456

Yes I did give it a thought initially, but I get where you’re coming from

 

[marcusaurelius]

Yes I did give it a thought initially, but I get where you’re coming from

I mean a quant can mean everything to nothing. A quant at Balyasny A.M, for example, would be doing this kind of forecasting work; at least, to my current knowledge.