Diffeomorphism,Many beginning employees just share accommodation forming groups of 3-4 people to rent a house or a large flat.

<t>Johnny,You point of being at a good place with good people makes perfect sense. But take into account that a few top banks (that I won't name now) after firing lots of experienced and highly paid staff hired almost as many graduates and young programmers just because both categories tend to be ch...

<t>Johnny,You never know for sure whether the prospective employer is already looking forward to a few rounds of lay-offs during the following 2 years in order to hire lots of hungry graduates again. In this case one may arguably consider this branch of the carrer virtually doomed although there are...

To move to a higher rated institution may prove difficult. But is it more difficult to change a job role? If I want to see myself in a trader's position in 5 years, is it better now to get a trader's job in an obscure firm or, say, become a programmer in a top institution?

<t>MobPsycho,Thanks a lot for your note. The point about the boss is especially good! Probably, from the viewpoint of how complete, fruitful, and enjoyable an experience is depends mostly on co-workers.Goldman Sachs seems to symbolise the investment banking in general in the minds of comunity. Are t...

What compensation is expected this year? Posters on vault.com are discussing bonuses in the range of 30%-40% and no salary increase.

Dear ladies and gentleman, what employers would you find the most desireble? What makes you think that working for this particular bank o hedge fund is great?

Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Salomon Smith Barney, Goldman,Sachs...What other banks would you include into this list? Deutsche Bank? UBS Warburg? J.P.Morgan? ?...A few of the above suffered severe losses last year. Are they still as desireable as in mid 90s?

<t>RowdyRoddyPiper,It obviously matters whether the institution is valued or not. But it is also important what kind of things you will be doing. In less developed institution there should be a good chance for an able individual to take over inetersting and creative tasks linked with developing new ...

<t>I see that there are loads of entry-level jobs have been posted on the jobs board at the end of the last year and at the beginning of this one. What do you think is the reason of such an explosion in the number of jobs? Does it have something to do with the headcount in the new year? Or just too ...

<t>Many big banks hire quite a few graduates from good schools, not necessarily top 10. Not sure about Goldman, Sachs. And if your school is the first in Denmark, it will look perfect on your CV.Doing PhD is good for career if the topic is of particular interest to the industry. Otherwise, the deepe...

Is there still any chance of getting the first issue of Wilmott magazine for free?CF

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: Pat:Other things are important besides the expansion of the business ... Pat,Thanks a lot for your answer! The reason why programming skills are important is a real insight for me.Can you please clarify a bit what do you consider most important besides expansion of the ...

Concidering the opportunity to do PhD while working it is worth taking into account that many don't finish there PhDs in time even working full-time on their theses. Unless you are very devoted to the research and work hard you may expect the part-time PhD to take you 6 years or even more.

<t>Sabeena, it is considered a bit dubious if you are trying to get into an internship after getting PhD and not being a student any more. It would look like you are a mature person who studied for a long while and hasn't found his place in the life yet. However, while you are a student, internship ...