hey cridecoeur,i was in the exactly same situation as yours before i went into a mathfin program. i wish i had asked this question myself. turn on your private messaging if you want to hear what i've found out.

<t>I've been involved countless times in similar discussions such as this one about MathFin @ UofT and UofW. Coming from the industry with a master in CS, I've told many people many times that MathFin is good only for quant development with potential to evolve into a trading role. If you want to be ...

<t>I've got a feeling that companies don't respect ms in MathFin any more. That's why I've been telling people that unless you have a Phd already or plan to do one afterwards, don't do a MathFin. It's one expensive degree that doesn't pay off. If you want to be a trader, do a MBA. If you want to be ...

Hi manny, I'm trying the same by doing a MathFin on top of CS and years of experience. So far, it doesn't look it's going to work.

<t>I'm in the same boat with you Aaron. I'm graduating from a MathFin program with a master's in CS a few years ago and quite some front-office development experience. I thought I'd be much suited to be a quant developer afterwards. However it seems that many phd's are out of jobs on Wall street and...

<t>I'm just finishing up one of the MathFin programs with quite a few years of experience in developing front-office trading apps. I heard people saying new grads are having a hard time finding anything on Wall Street since lots of experienced phd's are in the market due to layoffs in the past year ...