They also all live in Jersey City. Not sure what it is indicative of though, maybe they like living close to the huge Goldman tower.

<r>QuoteOriginally posted by: AnalyticalVegaTaking a look at the different MS Quant programs in NY, The NYU-Courant MS Math in Finance program seems the most impressive with a teaching staff the reads like a who's who in Quant Finance. Here are some resumes from NYU 2013 graduates. <URL url="http://...

They might just be greedy. If it is a large fund they have no real reason to offer low salaries. Bonuses are tricky, might as well be zero in a bad year.

<t>It is entirely possible, but you will need to brush up your CS, especially algorithms and data structure. This is what interviews at major software companies are about. Companies like Google or Facebook never ask for Hadoop certificate or any other certificate, they are just looking for very smar...

<r>QuoteOriginally posted by: capafan2QuoteOriginally posted by: bluetrinCapafan, don't you think you exaggerate a bit ? The average salary for quants/quant devs is higher than the average salary in software for the same skills, at least from the examples I have around me. This seems to be compensat...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: blycmI'll raise a similar question - noncommittal salary/bonus. I have a friend who came into a job after statements in an interview indicating she would make the same as her previous job (total comp). Her first year was a partial year, and she accepted a slightly lower...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: alphaalphaQuoteOriginally posted by: katastrofaIf the company says they like you technically but drags their feet when asked for £2-3k to cover your relocation (when you're going to cost them much more over a year, and the recruiter's fee is a multiple of that), it mean...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: traderjoe1976Why don't you agree to be trained as a developer? If the bank wants to move you from BA role to developer role, they are fully aware that you will not be productive for at least three years while you are being trained on the various technologies. After you ...

<t>It is much easier to move using intra-company transfer. However, for this you have to first find a job in US with a large firm. One thing that could help is getting an internship which requires J-1 visa which is not subject to quotas. I don't know if it is possible for postdocs though.The bigger ...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: CaesariaAnybody here with a masters degree in quant finance, who are in the industry, feel that they will slowly be wiped out by those with superior numerical computation skills? Has the quant bubble already happened in Fixed income/equities? Has it already happened in ...

<r>QuoteOriginally posted by: quantstartAs neuroguy says, this really depends on your place of work. If you're in a small team/group in a fund then moving to risk will be a lot easier. Given that you have a quant trading background, it will be a case of picking up the requisite statistics knowledge ...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: quantstartQuoteOriginally posted by: qqqqqQuoteOriginally posted by: DevonFangsQuoteOriginally posted by: qqqqqFor a different point of view, one headhunter told me that "this job market fscking sucks". The other one called it "worst market in years". So it could be too...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: DevonFangsQuoteOriginally posted by: qqqqqFor a different point of view, one headhunter told me that "this job market fscking sucks". The other one called it "worst market in years". So it could be too late to enter the market, but it also could be too early in case it ...

<t>For a different point of view, one headhunter told me that "this job market fscking sucks". The other one called it "worst market in years". So it could be too late to enter the market, but it also could be too early in case it recovers. As for the original question, this age is nothing out of no...

Did I hear someone mention "tons of jobs"?!