<t>Well this is an interesting point you raise fais20. I am currently on a 30k salary and assume that goes up with the rate of inflation over the next 6 years, with a similar assumption for a full time PhD studentship. Now: Usually you get your tuition fees paid as well as get a maintenance of aroun...

<t>I am currently working as a senior statistician in a totally different sector (Market Research). I studied mathematics and statistics at undergraduate level, got a 1st class honours degree, and then went on to do a masters in statistics and finished that with a distinction. I also have a masters ...

<t>Hi I am thinking of embarking on a part time PhD in statistics (non finance related topic) soon and am expecting to finish at age 32. The question is whether I would be considered too old to break into the quant field at 32 with just a PhD and no commercial experience in finance ? I cant really a...

<t> Hi,I was wondering if you can help me with my career problem. I am a masters graduate trying to break into the field of quantitative development, ideally in an investment bank. I have the following degrees :MSc Information TEchnology (2000) University of LondonMSc Statistics with Distinction (19...

<t>Hi,I was wondering if you can help me with my career problem. I am a masters graduate trying to break into the field of quantitative development, ideally in an investment bank. I have the following degrees :MSc Information TEchnology (2000) University of LondonMSc Statistics with Distinction (199...

<t>Congar,Thanks for your reply . I do agree that in IT you constantly have to keep your skills updated to progress in most firms - The IBanks are the worst as they tend to use cutting edge technology to gain performance advantage over their competetors - Time really is money . However, with a quant...

<t>Congar,I dont think you are too old , as banks do take on people with more experience. However, I think sometimes for quant developer positions they may favour someone who has very strong maths knowledge and is young so that they can train up the way they like. I was wondering if the C++ you do i...

<t>In general quant salaries varies in terms of what area you get into and what work you actually do. It is mainly split between two area: quant development (which I think you want to get into) and pure quant. For pure quant work you can get anything up to a million pounds (including bonus), but you...

<t>Hi guys,I hope you can spare me some of your time to help me out with my problem.For the two year now I have been looking for my first break inC++ quantitative developer/analyst role in a bank, but I have foundit very difficult to get in (catch 22 problem), even with the followinguniversity of Lo...