What you want to do 2 years from now ?

[Andy Nguyen]

if you are doing MFE right now, what job you want to do when you graduate ?
If you already work, where would you see yourself the next 2 years ?

A question i have been asked a dozen times over the last year is what I want to do and sadly, most of the time I just don't have a clue. Everything is just as challenging and exciting to me.

I hope you will have a much better answer than I did :D

 

[John]

if you are doing MFE right now, what job you want to do when you graduate ?
If you already work, where would you see yourself the next 2 years ?

A question i have been asked a dozen times over the last year is what I want to do and sadly, most of the time I just don't have a clue. Everything is just as challenging and exciting to me.

I hope you will have a much better answer than I did :D

managing an emerging market structured finance fund

 

[ramnik]

Two years from now(==my graduation), I hope I get into Institute of Advanced Studies, Princeton. Realistically speaking, a nice MSFE program :-ss

 

[GusTsahas]

Keep working for myself and hope to have traction with our CTA managed fund.

I find trying to estimate two years in the future difficult but planning for a five year span is much better for me. I use the same logic for time management, I plan for weekly activities but not daily assignments as there is too much variability each day.

Good luck to all!!

 

[alain]

Keep working for myself and hope to have traction with our CTA managed fund.

I find trying to estimate two years in the future difficult but planning for a five year span is much better for me. I use the same logic for time management, I plan for weekly activities but not daily assignments as there is too much variability each day.

Good luck to all!!

THanks Gus. I think I will try to implement you planning strategy.

 

[Vic_Siqiao]

simple: get a Quant job.


actually i wanna be a PhD, its a dream.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

In 2 years, i will still be learning, hopefully with more knowledge and responsibility. Wherever I end up, I would like to be in a position to grow professionally and contribute to the business. And that position must be stimulating that I love to go to work everyday

 

[bob]

For now, I need to learn everything I can about asset management and alternative investments. I expect I'll still be doing so 2 years from now.

Longer term, my ambition is to use that knowledge, and my knowledge of structured finance, to put health insurers in this country out of business and give the majority of Americans control over their own health care.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Bob,
That is one ambitious and feel-good plan you have. I don't think we should study/prepare for the next hot trend to make money. We may have better luck doing what we are most passionate about.

I look forward to when the majority of Americans has control over their own health care

 

[joe_bradley]

There is a lot to learn in this industry. I'd be happy if that in the next two years, I just get really good at my new career - good enough to stay in this industry for the next twenty years and make a difference.

As far as longer term, I like Bob's idea. I think I'll steal it. If over the long term, I can be responsible for bankrupting a particular industry that I found offensive and a general drain on society, I can die a happy man. Wow, so many choices... Heck, I'd be happy just doing it to one particular company. I had a lot of trouble with Verizon last year, so maybe I should start with them. Trouble is, I don't know if I can do that using any quantitative knowledge (legally, anyway). Perhaps I should just focus on accumulating enough of a fortune that I can ruin a company on a whim.

 

[Adam]

If over the long term, I can be responsible for bankrupting a particular industry that I found offensive and a general drain on society, I can die a happy man. Wow, so many choices...

A bit of conversation I've had with several of my friends over the last year...

FRIEND: You're getting a degree in financial engineering? What the hell is that?
ME: Well, you know all those hedge funds that are failing right now, and the whole mortgage backed securities fiasco that's causing the economy to crap out?
FRIEND: You're learning how to fix those?
ME: No. Actually, I'm learning how to make more of them.
FRIEND: Oh.
ME: Yeah.
FRIEND: That's depressing.
ME: I guess. The bright side is that one day, if I'm lucky, I'll get to bring down capitalism from the inside.

 

[alain]

...The bright side is that one day, if I'm lucky, I'll get to bring down capitalism from the inside.

you are joking right? I think you will build more capitalism which is a good thing.

If you bring down capitalism, what are you going to put in, Socialism? I've been in both, and let me put this way, I rather take my chances with capitalism any day.

 

[dstefan]

I've been in both, and let me put this way, I rather take my chances with capitalism any day.

I second that, as strongly as I possibly can!!!

 

[Mathamaniac]

I see myself not much different from most of others in the same league.... I wish to be on a trading desk preferably energy ... i love the heat , the aggression and the life that a floor offers ... the best thing that u love there is the fight to stay ahead ... if i get a chance (i mean a good course this year ) i would love to use my knowledge as a tool or a "weapon" (as you like it) on that floor :D....

 

[Andy Nguyen]

I want to retire as soon as possible, have a family and play with my kids (preferably at some beach front McMansion I own).
In light of the market condition, I want to still have a job the next few years and probably have to work harder to buy that McMansion.