"How to Become a Quant? A Career in Quant Finance" Panel from QuantCon NYC 2018

This is a recording of the panel, "How to Become a Quant? A Career in Quant Finance", from QuantCon NYC 2018. In this panel, panelists Andreas Clenow, Dr. Kathryn Kaminski, Peter Hafez, and Max Margenot along with moderator Dr. Jess Stauth, talk about ways to become a quant and different possible career paths for a quant as well as take questions from the audience.
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[@SW-fy8pq]

I am surprised that no one asked about the importance of "target school".

[@algoluvr1816]

Love Clenow's realistic views, healthy cynicism and humor. Decent panel with good interviewer...Thanks!

[@samitrades5951]

terrible interviewer

[@spinLOL533]

Great panel

[@usernamedenied1881]

When I grow up I want to be a quant!

[@louis-philip]

I think this is the exact moment in history when the word 'quant' has become popularized and stopped meaning what it used to mean. 'Geek' and 'nerd' went through this. I'm not taking anything from this panel, thanks for the discussion. I just wasn't ready for the idea of choosing a study path of going through a whole PhD to become a quant. For me quant = math+finance+obsession+coffee.

[@jhonnysmithsonian1126]

I don't get it ¨I'm not taking anything from this panel¨. What is wrong with this panel? Are you saying that this panel doesn't actually represent quantitative analysis?

[@gcg8187]

@@jhonnysmithsonian1126 I have attempted to make an intelligent assumption, in they they meant to say " not take anything away from the panel

[@52baldingindianjanitor72]

Ironically the former path you described is the more traditional route of becoming a quant, while the 'popularization' (whatever that even means) of the term has led people to without post-grad educations to attempt to break into the field.

[@Bastiza98]

Coffee? Really?

[@AC-tn4it]

Man just say you don’t wanna do a PhD😭

[@kerron_]

I want to be a quant! very interesting

[@_SC314_]

as a math undergrad, I want to become a quant and my main take away from is Machine Learning!

[@jin4368]

rip quantopian

[@vaibhavmangar2677]

30:00 time stamp

[@user-jc6tj2xt1p]

I want to be a quant!

[@yunoewig3095]

Did you make it?

[@ankitprasad4488]

Can anybody help me with quantitative analysis roadmap

[@lukealadeen7836]

What you mean?

[@ryuxfx52]

@@lukealadeen7836he meant a summary of the steps to become a quant

[@harendrasingh_22]

12:20 true.

[@noahsandgren1435]

13:07

[@xxyyzz8464]

This seems to make sense, but is not true for everyone. For example, my son quickly gets sick of pizza and wants chicken nuggets, but I simply want more and more pizza and never get sick of it. Sometimes the more I eat the even MORE I crave more of it.

[@rosh6211]

Is buisness analytics good for becoming a quant

[@adam-wo4or]

you need more than that imo

[@rosh6211]

@@adam-wo4or like if i do undergrad in buisness analytics then can i go for ms in quant

[@user-kd7kr1zu8x]

@@rosh6211you don’t do ms in quant, MS in mathematics, financial mathematics, financial engineering, physics, computer science are usually what gets you the quant jobs, and I mean 99.9% of the time when I say usually

[@minymaker]

@@rosh6211no, business analytics is an absolute joke to quants. You couldn’t even work with quants you’d be so under skilled

[@rosh6211]

@@minymaker yeah i thought about it so
Now i am doing bsc Economics with data science
And it has alot of advance mathematics, advance econometrics and data science subjects + i am planning on doing quant certification too

[@JOHNSMITH-ve3rq]

Quant outfit but they can't afford a damn sound guy. Bananas.

[@Atameow]

this is unwatchable....
so much static. did you guys hire my 10 year old neighbor to set this up?

[@zackaxel4846]

lol!

[@spiritx8833]

bro its about the content not the fucking film setup

[@whiskyngeets]

lol. Why.

[@sandstrommadam]

worst...sound technician...ever!

[@joelwillis2043]

An ascot and sports watch isn't a good look. He must belong to one of the more tacky country clubs.

[@anjaninator]

shut up before i call u the r word

[@liftingisfun2350]

You seem to have a superficial but sad life

[@joelwillis2043]

@@liftingisfun2350 As someone that has never owned or wore an ascot nor ever been a member of a country club I wrote this as satire. I probably thought I was funny then.

[@liammurray9918]

@@joelwillis2043 it was funny

[@digitalnomad2196]

For a smart woman, she kept forgetting he has a mic. I find intelligence to be a peculiar thing. You'd think her intelligent mind has registered this simple fact. Yet again and again she forgets

[@liammurray9918]

lmao this cracked me up

[@lesEnfantTerrible]

Muscle memory

[@ryanith2]

Its cause shes infatuated with him look at the way she gives him attention.

[@kufner12]

thighs!

[@user-dm2id9oq3q]

Totally. Hope those thighs helped you get into quant bruh :D

[@kufner12]

she is miltf!!!!!!@@user-dm2id9oq3q