<t>Your setup is a bit convoluted and it is not clear to me what you have done much previous reading in this forum, but here is my attempt to address your questions.1) Yes, _planning_ to get two masters is probably not something you should be doing. If you are planning to do a masters, try to make i...

What, if any, are the names to look for in the algorithmic finance area in Los Angeles?Thanks in advance.

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<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: traderjoe1976QuoteOriginally posted by: bigbangTraderjoe: I would be interested in seeing the source for your the numbers on the flow into and out of the academic job market. I surely don't doubt it, but it would be interesting to have the details.I did my PhD in Financ...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: KackToodlesQuoteOriginally posted by: bigbangOne thing that we have not satisfactorily resolved is why any graduates are going straight into private industry. Two types go straight to wall street: (1) the brightest people who realize they can make the Big Money in indus...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: gmetricFinance PhD is for all intensive purposes is equivalent to Econ Phd with a field in Finance (but that similarity stops at coursework). You don't need as much maths to get into a Finance PhD program, but for top Econ PhD programs you need to have at least a bachel...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: justdoit8912QuoteOriginally posted by: bigbangI certainly appreciate your last point. I am foremost interested in having a comfortable life, which means basically a tenure-track academic job with an option on leaving to make gobs of money in the private sector if my inc...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: twofishQuoteOriginally posted by: proximo20The thing is by using the uselessness of financial theory you were kind of dissing Finance Phds, but you made your point clearer with this post.I'm talking about the general uselessness of finance professors and finance departm...

<r>QuoteOriginally posted by: twofishQuoteOriginally posted by: traderjoe1976 If you are interested in working in the banks, you need to get the PhD from a top school. Banks are obsessed with brand name.This tends to be true for finance Ph.D.s. It tends to be much less true (or not true at all) for ...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: twofishQuoteOriginally posted by: bigbang(1) finance profs make a lot because they are basically the reason that MBAs want to attend a given B-school ("intellectual credibility", as a very famous professor told us during our meeting) (2) former finance profs make a lot ...

Traderjoe: I would be interested in seeing the source for your the numbers on the flow into and out of the academic job market. I surely don't doubt it, but it would be interesting to have the details.

<r>A very interesting discussion. We seem to have confused two important issues, however: the value of finance academics in business and the (perhaps more general) issue of why finance profs make so much. Here's my impression, please disabuse me of any mistakes. (1) finance profs make a lot because ...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: proximo20QuoteI suspect you exaggerate this, however? It seems ridiculous that someone so evidently smart and in tune with the theory of finance would not spend a good part of their time solving problems or creating new strategies? Perhaps I am mistaken. Also, are these...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: KackToodlesQuoteOriginally posted by: bigbangIt seems ridiculous that someone so evidently smart and in tune with the theory of finance would not spend a good part of their time solving problems or creating new strategies? there are 3 flaws to your reasoning, friend. Fi...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: KackToodles The people who make the highest multi-million dollar partner/MD level salaries are essentially traveling salesman who use their prior over-glorified professor titles to attract clients and make sales pitches. So the phd and teaching experience provides two-f...