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by JamesHH
September 19th, 2008, 10:13 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Does it make sense to graduate in Dec?
Replies: 13
Views: 51401

Does it make sense to graduate in Dec?

QuoteOriginally posted by: WilfridQuoteOriginally posted by: KackToodlesbangcock?I say, Steady on, old bean! Was that a Freudian slip, what?HEHE. Good one old chap!
by JamesHH
August 24th, 2008, 11:26 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Salaries in Academia
Replies: 23
Views: 54493

Salaries in Academia

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: TraderJoeYou think Einstein or Feynman had politics, or luck? No they had bidding wars and they could choose exactly where they studied. As in everything, it comes down to how smart you are .Yeah, half of the mathematicians in the Chinese Academy of Sciences got there b...
by JamesHH
August 24th, 2008, 1:05 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Salaries in Academia
Replies: 23
Views: 54493

Salaries in Academia

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: TraderJoeQuoteOriginally posted by: twofishI've never heard of a new Ph.D. in physics getting an assistant professorship directly. There are usually one or two post-docs involved before you get anything tenure track. The main determining factor as to whether you will ge...
by JamesHH
August 24th, 2008, 12:29 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: PhD becoming less relevant to quant work?
Replies: 161
Views: 71245

PhD becoming less relevant to quant work?

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: GreekMartingaleJamesHHthe case shows that you are in trouble from the beginning and in fact having no potential for further research says two things. Either the subject is non promising, or the student is unable to work through it. In either case the guy doesnt seem fit...
by JamesHH
August 22nd, 2008, 1:13 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: PhD becoming less relevant to quant work?
Replies: 161
Views: 71245

PhD becoming less relevant to quant work?

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: GreekMartingaleAs a Finance PhD student, i bet that a second PhD is completely useless even if you stick to academia, unless of course you wish to change topic. Yes. What if you have a PhD or even an established research record in one field, and you want to switch? For ...
by JamesHH
August 17th, 2008, 1:36 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: PhD becoming less relevant to quant work?
Replies: 161
Views: 71245

PhD becoming less relevant to quant work?

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: StatGuyTwo PhDs will take you the best part of 10 years, so if you done those full time that’s a huge opportunity cost and given that good quants earn at last a $1m in 10 years it would be a hard thing to justify from a financial perspective at least. Indeed they may wa...
by JamesHH
August 16th, 2008, 12:05 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: PhD becoming less relevant to quant work?
Replies: 161
Views: 71245

PhD becoming less relevant to quant work?

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperJamesHH: there was an article by Emmanuel Derman saying something similar floating around a while backCan you narrow it down a bit? Thanks!I guess you're not refering to this interview with Derman?He says there that you don't need a PhD to be a quant, but if you ...
by JamesHH
August 15th, 2008, 4:49 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: PhD becoming less relevant to quant work?
Replies: 161
Views: 71245

PhD becoming less relevant to quant work?

QuoteOriginally posted by: KackToodles MFEs are the equivalent of "nurses" while PhDs are the "doctors." Do you want to be a doctor or a nurse. Yes, there are many more jobs for nurses. But doctors do OK too. LOL
by JamesHH
August 15th, 2008, 12:26 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: PhD becoming less relevant to quant work?
Replies: 161
Views: 71245

PhD becoming less relevant to quant work?

<t>Taken from chat with director of Baruch MFE program (dstefan):[09:48] <Chen> I thought Quant need a PhD[09:51] <dstefan> to be a quant you need knowledge and ability. a PhD degree qualifies you for types of jobs requiring more theoretical research, for example, but sich jobs are fewere and fewere...
by JamesHH
August 11th, 2008, 6:37 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: How top is top??
Replies: 85
Views: 63133

How top is top??

QuoteOriginally posted by: TraderJoeNobody employs an MFE to be a quant unless they are:a) desparateb) don't know what they are doing. Well, they are being paid well to do something along the lines of a quant.It beats having a PhD from a top school and being unemployed.
by JamesHH
July 23rd, 2008, 2:00 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: How top is top??
Replies: 85
Views: 63133

How top is top??

QuoteOriginally posted by: LSEstatthere aren't schools in canada,?Nope. Just igloos
by JamesHH
July 13th, 2008, 11:57 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Physics prof. or Fin prof.
Replies: 59
Views: 59560

Physics prof. or Fin prof.

What if someone writes a quality thesis without going to grad. school? Can't they submit it and get the PhD degree?
by JamesHH
July 8th, 2008, 7:11 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Physics prof. or Fin prof.
Replies: 59
Views: 59560

Physics prof. or Fin prof.

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: gardener3 In the US a finance Phd graduating from a top 10 program will have no problem finding an academic job with a starting salary of $200K. Physics Phds have to do numerous post docs to get a shot at a position paying half that.Really? What are the top 10 programs,...
by JamesHH
July 7th, 2008, 8:15 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: non-white CEO phenomenon never happens in Europe
Replies: 49
Views: 58240

non-white CEO phenomenon never happens in Europe

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: DominicConnorBritain has had both a Jewish and a Female Prime Minister.It's had executive female heads of state since there even was an America, some Kings did not even speak English, much less come from it.It's also worth noting that that America is a more diverse plac...
by JamesHH
July 5th, 2008, 1:27 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Career advice
Replies: 97
Views: 66116

Career advice

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: ShawnI'm just opposite. I sleep with Matlab everyday but never MS visual studio since undergraduate...... Trying to catch up now, Duffy's book and Essential C++ are what i'm reading currentlyI read Prata's C++ Primer Plus, which was a good introduction (I was already ex...