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Konrad418
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Quantitative Finance entry education/skills

July 6th, 2018, 4:53 pm

[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.75)]What is currently most desired in candidates by employers in quantitative finance/algorithmic trading? Strong quantitative academic background, for example, MSc/PhD in Physics, Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Finance or solid practical skills in C++, Python, R used in the finance context and applications of machine learning and AI in finance?[/color]
 
Panzer
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Re: Quantitative Finance entry education/skills

July 6th, 2018, 10:24 pm

Interested as well
 
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Re: Quantitative Finance entry education/skills

July 6th, 2018, 10:42 pm

I can't speak for the algo trading crowd, but in the old-fashioned buy side quant territory I would say we (OK, I) look for a combination of a PhD in a quanty field, along with a solid knowledge of finance and decent programming abilities, where Python would go a long way.