Hi,I was wondering if you can help me with my career problem. I am a masters graduate trying to break into the field of quantitative development, ideally in an investment bank. I have the following degrees :MSc Information TEchnology (2000) University of LondonMSc Statistics with Distinction (1999) University of LondonBSc (Honours) Mathematics and Statistics 1st (1998) , University of Londonand am currently working as a statistician in market research, where I have use some of the tools that are frequently utilized in financial research , like VBA , excel, access, and C++. But I have found it difficult to break into a quant development role - perhaps this could be due to the the fact that I dont have a PhD, or that I lack finance experience at the moment. I was wondering if the Imperial PhD program in financial maths at Birkbeck would position me better to break into a quant development role or does it really depend on your luck at the end of the day ? Also, I would prefer do a PhD part-time as I dont think I can give up my full-time job for financial reasons. Do you have any suggestions as to ways of improving my marketability for quant developer jobs in the city ? Also, have people had experience of doing a part-time PhD with a full time job here before ?I am nearly 25 years of age , and would be in my early 30s by the time I finish my part time PhD - would this be too late to break into a quant development position with a PhD from Birkbeck . At least I will have a statistician position if the quant dream dosnt work out, which i think is less risky than doing a phd full time and hopeing to get into a quant position at the end.Much appreciatedStats Guy