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by albertmills
April 18th, 2008, 2:31 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: UCB compensation 160K...how in this market?
Replies: 55
Views: 65825

UCB compensation 160K...how in this market?

<t>28 i think...it's impressive, but how is it explainable in this market? jut seems odd. did someone very special with a lot of experience get several million dollars, is that why the average is so high? i'd be very interested in seeing the distribution by experience/background, cmu breaks their co...
by albertmills
April 18th, 2008, 1:34 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: UCB compensation 160K...how in this market?
Replies: 55
Views: 65825

UCB compensation 160K...how in this market?

<r>Hi,The new compensation info for the March UCB grads was just posted:<URL url="http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/groups/newspubs/haasnews/archives/hn033108.html#story480"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/groups/new ... l#story480">http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/groups/newspubs/haasnews/arch...
by albertmills
April 16th, 2008, 9:38 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: From physics to finance, with little programming
Replies: 143
Views: 72423

From physics to finance, with little programming

Zmei:Why do you think things will be better in a few months?Aren't there 7000 junior employees from Bear Stearns who are looking/going to be looking for a job (not sure they have been laid off yet)?
by albertmills
April 13th, 2008, 4:34 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: what is the most lucrative finance field? quant or trader or banker?
Replies: 25
Views: 60657

what is the most lucrative finance field? quant or trader or banker?

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: Y0daQuoteOriginally posted by: AnselmusI think quant finance is not the best place (of course still good) to be in the next 10-20 years. Go into engineering: energy and cleaning (water, air,..) technology will be the next super story! Also it is far from being competitv...
by albertmills
April 11th, 2008, 9:12 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: How does I-bank/hedge fund fly candidates over for interviews?
Replies: 6
Views: 57192

How does I-bank/hedge fund fly candidates over for interviews?

Yeah, what did you graduate in your class, 40/65?
by albertmills
April 11th, 2008, 8:32 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: How does I-bank/hedge fund fly candidates over for interviews?
Replies: 6
Views: 57192

How does I-bank/hedge fund fly candidates over for interviews?

It means they overrated you and they'll be very dissapointed when they meet you.
by albertmills
April 7th, 2008, 9:46 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Job Laid Off At I-banks/Fund house......
Replies: 24
Views: 61912

Job Laid Off At I-banks/Fund house......

<t>So according to this thread quants are in trouble, are a cost center, and you better learn sales skills, 'cause that's where the real money is anyway. So if you're coming from an engineering background does it make sense anymore to do a MFE from a good school, if you could do a MBA from Harvard, ...
by albertmills
April 7th, 2008, 3:39 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Job Laid Off At I-banks/Fund house......
Replies: 24
Views: 61912

Job Laid Off At I-banks/Fund house......

<t>I think PhD types like to go into one subject deeply, which requires sitting alone a lot. Sales types need to know a bit about a lot of subjects, but don't generally like to go too deeply into any one. To know a bit about a lot of subjects, you have to talk to people. This is in engineering, but ...
by albertmills
April 5th, 2008, 8:11 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: More Quant Maths, Not Less!
Replies: 20
Views: 59749

More Quant Maths, Not Less!

Sure, why not throw good money after bad and hire more quants?There migt be more opportunities in risk management, but then again who wants to work there.
by albertmills
April 2nd, 2008, 5:17 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Job market is getting up from here?
Replies: 11
Views: 58211

Job market is getting up from here?

<r>Funny, I heard 200,00 US commercial banking jobs will be lost over the next 12-18 months and that wall street will lose 12,600 jobs this year and 7,600 next year. <URL url="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/money/2008/03/26/bcnjobs126.xmlhttp://ap.google....
by albertmills
April 1st, 2008, 5:37 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Phone interviews but no invitation to on site?
Replies: 38
Views: 62167

Phone interviews but no invitation to on site?

how long did you live in a hostel for while searching for a job?
by albertmills
March 27th, 2008, 7:49 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Finally Got a Job
Replies: 17
Views: 60347

Finally Got a Job

How in the world do pictures of peple in suits (notice the spelling), and numbers on a website make you think there is a lot of opportunity out there? Where on earth did you get the impression that background and GPA don't matter? I mean have you been reading the news at all?
by albertmills
March 27th, 2008, 5:34 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Gas storage Valuation
Replies: 25
Views: 71599

Gas storage Valuation

hi, if you've got the papers in pdf would you mind sending them to me if i give you my e-mail?
by albertmills
March 20th, 2008, 11:17 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Quants and Brokers
Replies: 12
Views: 58517

Quants and Brokers

plasticsaber how do you deal with wading through all those pages after reading the statements pre-facing the accounting section, and some of the other sections which say something like "this has no basis in economic reality, and it's debatable whether it's of any use or not"
by albertmills
March 18th, 2008, 5:57 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Books on Commodities trading?
Replies: 3
Views: 57788

Books on Commodities trading?

<t>Hi,I'm interested in getting a job in commodities trading (or helping/assisting with) in some role for an oil producer. What books should I read? Are there any that cover commodities particularly? Or any review articles in something like risk magazine?I've read crack and Hull, gone through part o...