<t>alexandreC: Don't mean to be rude, but you'll never be a good trader if you aren't sure of "making it".Corpor: There's a vast difference between a quant and a trader. Figure out what you wanna do. Do you want to be a 'geek' or potentially a 'BSD'? Fyi, I know of NOCDO or CMO trader with a PhD. Th...

Thanks for the useful advice.Anyone else?

<t>What's your take on starting a career in Treasury trading? I'm aware that given the advent of electronic trading, liquidity is tight; but are Treasury desks still profitable? I guess most Treasury trades must take quite large prop positions to generate a substantial P&L. Any clue -- ball park...

I just don't know. It'd be best to talk with those quants, i guess. If I were you, I'd also have a word with your university's international center.

<t>EnergyDude, not sure if you'll have a problem getting your OPT, but you'll definitely have problems getting your H-1B. A friend's H-1B application got rejected last September because he working in Marketing after having graduated with a Comp-Sci and Econ double major. You may want to keep that in...