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by Stradle
August 11th, 2015, 8:47 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Which banks has the best/most interesting model validation work?
Replies: 9
Views: 6157

Which banks has the best/most interesting model validation work?

Model validation role enables to learn a lot of models which might be not true at FO. On the other hand, model validation is not FO.
by Stradle
August 11th, 2015, 8:42 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Advice about getting into quant-style roles
Replies: 17
Views: 7703

Advice about getting into quant-style roles

Which school did you go to? Also your interviews seem to have no technical questions which is somehow strange.
by Stradle
March 30th, 2014, 2:14 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Career choice
Replies: 9
Views: 8705

Career choice

<t>That makes a lot of sense. On the other hand I sort of expected that if working at middle office, generally, stress levels and working hours are lower as compared to the front office. Or the situation at the middle office is just slightly better as compared to the rest of the bank but still much ...
by Stradle
March 30th, 2014, 3:08 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Career choice
Replies: 9
Views: 8705

Career choice

What would be the main reason(s)?
by Stradle
March 29th, 2014, 2:54 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Career choice
Replies: 9
Views: 8705

Career choice

<t>I wanted to ask about comparing career opportunities of the following:1) risk management, model validation role in the middle office of top bank.2) algorithmic trading position in smaller 'buy-side' company.This would be the first job and I wonder in which role I could learn more. The actual work...