Thanks for your replies -- you pretty much confirmed what I was thinking. Now let's see if I get the final offer...

<t>Hi guys. I'd like to read your opinions on the following. Thanks to anybody chipping in.Earlier this year I completed a PhD in theoretical physics lying at the interface of high energy physics, gravity and mathematical physics. I'm now looking to make the jump to quantitative finance; given that ...

<t>My apologies to the OP for hijacking the thread by posting my comment... I should have known better. If there's any moderator around willing to split this thread into two, that would be more than appreciated.Having said that,QuoteOriginally posted by: traderjoe1976QuoteOriginally posted by: Tscho...

<t>As a recent theoretical physics PhD graduate looking for a career change and wannabe quant, I'd definitely be interested in a survey of this kind... It would certainly be useful to know what I'm getting into! And possibly abandon this path while I'm still on time...(I'm leaving academia not becau...

<t>Cheers everybody for the new replies. I received a reply from the university and they confirm that the only date that will appear on the PhD certificate will be the graduation date, that is March or July, depending on whether I decide to apply for the inter-ceremony graduation or the summer cerem...

<t>Thanks motszi for your reply. After reading it, I emailed both the university and an ex PhD colleague of mine who had his graduation ceremony in December, to ask about the date that will appear on the certificate. While I've yet to receive a reply from the university, I got a reply from this frie...

<t>Hi, I was wondering if anyone would be willing to give me some advice on the following matter. It might be a stupid question, but there you go. I had my PhD viva in November 2008 at a UK university. Unfortunately the viva was the day before the deadline to apply for the graduation ceremony in Dec...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: prasenjitmedhiOn (4) To be more precise, Alex Kuznetsov's 'Complete Guide ..' seems to suggest that Quant positions, though different from a purely IT position of hardware/network maintenance, Windows work, is getting hived out of the Trading Desk and into another facet...

Tried this yesterday and obtained the following answer to question (a): . For n=2 this gives the same result as in the post mentioned above; for n -> infinity it yields the volume of the unit ball.

<r>QuoteOriginally posted by: Ceres629Paris Hilton is on the cover of 2.01!?And I thought 2.0 was good...The big question is: will the Paris Hilton Guide to Quant Jobs be as good as the Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics?? <URL url="http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm">http://britneyspear...

<t>I really don't know the field, so I can't make a judgement myself, but aren't "mathematical finance" and "financial engineering" two different (although overlapping) areas?In an "idealized world" I would imagine someone with a degree in mathematical finance to be an expert in the rigorous mathema...

<t>DCFC (and anyone else who'd like to join in), would you be able to comment a little more on quant jobs in Switzerland and Zurich in particular?I'm currently doing (and getting to the end of) a PhD in gravity-related stuff in the UK, and am thinking of a move in math/quant finance too. I'm from Sw...