Using Math to Get a Professional Career in Finance

Can you use a math degree to get started with a career in finance? I discuss this idea in this video. Do you have any advice? If so, please leave a comment.

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[adoxographer]

I'm a bond trader/portfolio manager with 15 years' experience.

There is significant variation in finance jobs. Some require PhD level mathematics. Others don't require any mathematics at all.

My advice would be to study what you enjoy the most.

I recently returned to university to study a masters part time and learn more math, even though I don't strictly need it for my career. I love this channel!

[vaibhavpandey]

I am a junior in Chemical Engineering and an upcoming Quant at Goldman Sachs . I think having firm grasp of calculus, diff equations, linear algebra and statistics is the key to land a job in finance. The path I followed was first get the basics of computer science right, then I studied prob and stats rigorously and then transitioned into machine learning. I tried to get involved in research projects with the professors in the mathematics department and even did some open source contributions.

[sta]

As a newbie in financial markets and a CS graduate, this is just in time to motivate me to learn more math. Thanks.

[шляпик-им]

It depends on what kind of finance, for quantitative finance, the candidate must be an expert in probability and differential equations

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[ardiris]

I recall that at one time, the finance industry was also headhunting physicists. The eye-opener for me was junior level macroeconomics with its focus on partial derivatives. You learn real world relevance, however, on your own.
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[Gibbysaurio]

Maths is the best degree to get into finance but engineering is good too. There are masters such as quant finance that can get you there, but be advised that these companies hire at the very minimum master degree level candidates, most hires are actually Phds so you have to be incredibly smart, passionate for some reason about math, programming and finance but also compete with a lot of highly educated people. And of course, knowing a guy that knows a guy is usually a pretty big head start.

[SuperTommox]

Would you do a similar video about economics? I'm really interested in microeconomics.

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[PerScientiaAdAstra]

Great advice. Another route is to do a postgraduate certificate in financial mathematics. Most college certificate courses have a one semester duration. And you can also do it part time while you work. Good luck Jake.

[saiamaan]

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[bvds]

Drive, determination and a willingness to learn is the key. I have worked as a quant and got into it with a science background. I know 'quants' with non-technical degrees who just learned on the job. Don't get fooled into going for expensive financial engineering or quant finance grad school, get your foot in the door as soon as you are able and just learn. There is a distinction between the buy side (end investors like pension funds) and the sell side (bankers, brokers) which caters to the buy side. The most intellectually rewarding is on the buy side - where there will be less BS than on the banking side. The sell side rewards hyped-up mathematical sophistication to sell a service or product. The buy side rewards true alpha generation ... where your quantitative skills, no matter sophisticated or not, create real value. Most of the people I work with did not study finance, but they are smart and love to learn. You cannot go wrong with math.

[jrgmen]

I studied Math and Statistics. Landed a job that involves improving worker performance and scheduling. A few months later I was asked to help the finance team for a week (someone was going on vacation).. Anyways, the finance operation manager wanted me on their team and I gladly declined. I like my boss and my position, and I did not want to give that up.

So try to land a great job and get to know everyone. You can always move around in the company

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