This might be unrelated to this post , but I just read a post you wrote back at 2014 , talking about how to get a quant job.
And I aspire to be one day in it.
I was an engineering background now current at Risk management .intermediate in python, SQL and shell scripting.
I work in non finance field before and 3 years ago I break into finance by joining a risk consultancy as a data analyst for automation and data centralisation.
Then now I m in a small Investment Bank in market risk as analyst to automation all the report for them.
I m applying for a master of statistics currently
And now I have a dilemma for current next job opportunities. I m Googling around and trying to collect enough data for making career decisions.
1 offer i got :
A Swiss asset management firm - Junior trader (no programming , only VBA) and it came with a pay cut as I don’t have direct experience
2 offer in a retail bank:
Data engineer with 25 % pay raise doing digital transformation and automation like my first finance related job.
Question:
While I m working toward a master degree (part time)
Q1) Would getting offer 2 be putting in a bad track record on CV and driving me away from the path into becoming a quant - who trade
Would getting a data engineer job completely throw me off the path of trying to become a quant in the future even tho I m working on getting a master in statistics and phd after ?
Q2) being now in middle office, would staying in market risk (which I m just doing automation for report ) be better to make a better track record
Q3) would job offer 3 be better while working toward my master in statistics be better in your opinion (pay cut to trade off for experience)
This might be unrelated to this post , but I just read a post you wrote back at 2014 , talking about how to get a quant job.
And I aspire to be one day in it.
I was an engineering background now current at Risk management .intermediate in python, SQL and shell scripting.
I work in non finance field before and 3 years ago I break into finance by joining a risk consultancy as a data analyst for automation and data centralisation.
Then now I m in a small Investment Bank in market risk as analyst to automation all the report for them.
I m applying for a master of statistics currently
And now I have a dilemma for current next job opportunities. I m Googling around and trying to collect enough data for making career decisions.
1 offer i got : A Swiss asset management firm - Junior trader (no programming , only VBA) and it came with a pay cut as I don’t have direct experience
2 offer in a retail bank: Data engineer with 25 % pay raise doing digital transformation and automation like my first finance related job.
Question: While I m working toward a master degree (part time)
Q1) Would getting offer 2 be putting in a bad track record on CV and driving me away from the path into becoming a quant - who trade
Would getting a data engineer job completely throw me off the path of trying to become a quant in the future even tho I m working on getting a master in statistics and phd after ?
Q2) being now in middle office, would staying in market risk (which I m just doing automation for report ) be better to make a better track record
Q3) would job offer 3 be better while working toward my master in statistics be better in your opinion (pay cut to trade off for experience)