November 25th, 2015, 6:26 pm
Currently I work as a PM in FI, mainly HY credit, some exposure to multi asset strategies. I like to develop models and try to do that for HY. My background: Master in finance, not maths/ quant/coding heavy at all + CFA.I sometimes regret that I did not do a Phd and lack some maths and coding skills. My firm would pay for the CQF but I would have to stay for another two years which I?m actually not really planning to do. If the CQF is not sponsored, I consider it rather expensive for what it is. I guess it won?t add much to my CV but maybe help a bit for model developing. Basically, I would to do for the fun of it and to finally close that math/coding gap. So any thoughts are more than welcome (I am aware of the fact that there will be a bias in this forum^^) :- Is It actually the right choice to close that maths/coding gap ? I do know VBA (please don?t laugh) and wrote a thesis about option pricing, so I?m not totally clueless?- Recognition of the CQF? In the industry in general, at Hedge Funds, for Quants?- Is it gonna stay or disappear due to free online coding and maths classes?- Anyone who did it: Would you do it again? - Or am I totally insane and wasting my time and money?