Yeah, there was always that one looker that wanted to read Beowulf in Middle English to me naked.

Quotebut, being an ex-berkeley dude, I can tell you martingale that there are plenty of attractive chinese chicks in engineering, math, and physics. That is probably true, I had the same feeling when I walked on UCLA campus once as well, but maybe I went to wrong school at wrong times

So I take it that there are no Female Quants on here to defend their corner...Back to the original questions why are there more men than women Quants?

Quotewent to wrong schoolafter I watched 'xiao cai feng' I started to think that toook, really that's not so funny, it's just that life's not too easy

QuoteOriginally posted by: ScoobydooSo I take it that there are no Female Quants on here to defend their corner...Back to the original questions why are there more men than women Quants?hmmm.....well, if you didn't buy our collective answers before how about this....because it is randomly true. Hence, maybe, just maybe, in another few years the tables will be turned and it will be...Planet of the Chick Quants.....maybe, instead of a bunch of arm-scratching, male propellerheads, there will be a bunch of chicks here on wilmott with names like "Jenny", and "Sprinkle" and "Mary, Queen of Quants".

hmmm.....well, if you didn't buy our collective answers before how about this....because it is randomly true. Hence, maybe, just maybe, in another few years the tables will be turned and it will be...Planet of the Chick Quants.....maybe, instead of a bunch of arm-scratching, male propellerheads, there will be a bunch of chicks here on wilmott with names like "Jenny", and "Sprinkle" and "Mary, Queen of Quants". I think you could be right I think there are more coming through the ranks so to speak and one day they may well take over. but I would like to hear some views of women but your right there really arent any on here so it has proved my point for now...

maybe most women overcome their complex inner nature in another way than by squeezig and dealing with pseudo-hard facts all day long ... quant work can serve as a socially accepted way to escape from emotions. maybe. (i am male, btw)

I think you could be right I think there are more coming through the ranks so to speak and one day they may well take over. but I would like to hear some views of women but your right there really arent any on here so it has proved my point for now...Actually, i have met a couple of females in structured finance dealing with credit derivatives that were VP status in ranks or higher and I have met a fairly female dominated team of quants in pricing with the leader of the pack a female phd in comp sci.

I have had the pleasure to meet some very smart women quants...one of them heads a quant trading group in a major hedge fund. The reason I believe there [appears to be] are more male quants is (stating the obvious!); finance business is dominated by male species and as a male club, there is a huge barrier to entry for most women.

It is because there is a major bias toward hiring men in most quant groups.

this topic was discussed so many times on wilmott, it's more boring that picking on mikebell. Scoobudoo strikes me as an impostor. I highly doubt he is a recruiter and it seems likely to me that he is a she.

QuoteOriginally posted by: zerdnathis topic was discussed so many times on wilmott, it's more boring that picking on mikebell. Scoobudoo strikes me as an impostor. I highly doubt he is a recruiter and it seems likely to me that he is a she.an imposter? say it ain't so zerd, say it ain't so!

i'm not an english native - wtf is an imposter?

QuoteOriginally posted by: MartingaleThat is probably true, I had the same feeling when I walked on UCLA campus once as well, but maybe I went to wrong school at wrong timesIn your next life, Martingale, make sure you TA math for biologists. The most attractive women students are biologists. I know. When I was a grad student, we used fight for these classes.