Hi,
I am a physics graduate student. I have seen finance has been a major source of employment for physics PhDs both from experimental and theoretical side. Now the situation is more competitive, only PhD is not enough to get a job, one needs some finance background.
I am seriously thinking finance as my future career. I have an impression that a degree in financial engineering is best to get into finance industry. But my economical condition doesn't allow me to pay the tuition fees. I am pretty fluent in c/c++ , Matlab, and Mathematica. I am not a hardcore theoretical physicist from a top ranking university. I work on experimental side and my university ranking is ~ 35. Is it possible to find a quant job based on knowledge of John C Hull's book (Options, futures, and other derivatives) and such programming skill? How competitive it the job market? Do they expect more knowledge of finance beyond this book? Do they call for interview if someone doesn't have finance degree? I highly appreciate if you guys help me out discussing the issue.
Thanks
Baris
I am a physics graduate student. I have seen finance has been a major source of employment for physics PhDs both from experimental and theoretical side. Now the situation is more competitive, only PhD is not enough to get a job, one needs some finance background.
I am seriously thinking finance as my future career. I have an impression that a degree in financial engineering is best to get into finance industry. But my economical condition doesn't allow me to pay the tuition fees. I am pretty fluent in c/c++ , Matlab, and Mathematica. I am not a hardcore theoretical physicist from a top ranking university. I work on experimental side and my university ranking is ~ 35. Is it possible to find a quant job based on knowledge of John C Hull's book (Options, futures, and other derivatives) and such programming skill? How competitive it the job market? Do they expect more knowledge of finance beyond this book? Do they call for interview if someone doesn't have finance degree? I highly appreciate if you guys help me out discussing the issue.
Thanks
Baris