Optimal Transition to Rates Exotics Trading

katastrofa · Post by **katastrofa** » Sat Feb 06, 2016 11:31 pm

Ever thought about moving into quant trading?

aickley · Post by **aickley** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 1:01 pm

akinon:

> There are so many more interesting fields out there these days, in 2016. If I were a new grad coming out of school, I would not even consider hedge funds, banks, asset management, etc.

Are you so sure about that? Do you really believe there are more interesting fields now than X years ago when you were choosing what to do?

Furthermore, the grass is always greener on the other side. Imagine you were starting in one of these "more interesting fields". Are you convinced that you won't be giving the same exact advice after spending the same amount of time in this field as you did in finance?

dnl.kjr · Post by **dnl.kjr** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:08 pm

Thanks to everyone who participated in this thread. I chose to work as a jockey on a horse racing track.

@aickley: I also found the discrepancy between the F1 driver-analogy and statement “there are so many more interesting fields [than finance] out there these days, in 2016” quite conspicuous.

@katastrofa: Yes, I've thought about moving into algorithmic trading. But I really can't be bothered with the “100 arithmetic tables for children in 100 seconds” most proprietary algorithmic trading firms require in the hiring process. It's not worthy of serious attention. [I am, however, using my own money to trade option volatility statistically.]

Jurassic · Post by **Jurassic** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 10:47 am

> There are so many more interesting fields out there these days, in 2016.

@akimon What would you consider?