<t>One of my friends is a quant developer. He changes jobs every year (almost). Of course, he always has a nice salary bump and gained more responsibility on the way. All his jobs are with brand name firms on top of that. Will he be rejected by the job market eventually? Or if it is a really good jo...

Any advice please? It seems this is a quantitative research firm. Is it a good firm to start a career in research?

Is it a good firm to work for? What is an analyst's work like there?

I heard Actuaries are in high demand. What is the chances for a MFE to transition to this field? I guess there is certificate to pass like CFA or CPA?

Well according to my friend at Berkeley, he passed CFA level II and III because what he learned at MFE. Believe it or not, except for the economics and financial statement/accounting part, everything else is highly correlated with CFA curriculum.

Isn't the idea is: MFE and CFA compliment each other?

If medicine career is so nice, why so many General practitioner call it quits?

Thanks Jomni. Could you please elaberate what type of traditional finance role MFE+CFA could consider? Will private banking / wealth management a good option?

Could MFEs use their degree as a traditional Master of finance? And getting that type of job?

I want to hear opions about MFE moving into financial software development. This is a relatively cool area to be in right now?

Dominique,What is your opinion about MFEs moving to software development?Also, as the employment prospect for MFEs deteriating, the reputation of the degree and quality of the student will suffer. Will MFEs as an degree be still around after all this?

Well, Dominic, do you think we can use MFE as a traditional finance degree with a focus on quantitative finance? Since you already mentioned accountancy. Why we only think MFE as a quant degree????

I recently met a MFE. He is from top school and is out of work. He told me there are lot of MFEs are currently looking. A lot of MFEs used to have good stable jobs, but now are jobless. MFE is the curse of many people's career. Is that true?

<t>Is risk management a good career in this market? I suspect it will grow due to tougher regulation. Besides, I am a person that like stable nice career, I am not a phd -- that says a lot about my lack of innovation aptitude. I am good at applying what I learned. Does that mean I am a good candidat...

If I have a MFE and worked in software company like Microsoft. I recently worked in banking IT and really hate it. What is my job prospects outside of banking? I certainly want to get something out of my MFE? Maybe financial software industry?