Starting a Quant Career During a Recession
An episode of the Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant podcast, hosted by Dimitri, titled "Starting a Quant Career During a Recession" was published on June 28, 2022 and runs 20 minutes.
June 28, 2022 ·20m · Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant
Summary
Send us Fan Mail Should you get a quant masters degree during a recession? As the market has started to fall many students are wondering whether or not they should go to the masters programs that they have been accepted to. For quants it can be very challenging to find work during an economic recession because money isn't flowing which means many firms are not hiring. In this episode I break down some of the big areas within quantitative finance (buy side, sell side, crypto and de-fi, and fin...
Episode Description
Should you get a quant masters degree during a recession? As the market has started to fall many students are wondering whether or not they should go to the masters programs that they have been accepted to. For quants it can be very challenging to find work during an economic recession because money isn't flowing which means many firms are not hiring. In this episode I break down some of the big areas within quantitative finance (buy side, sell side, crypto and de-fi, and fintech) and discuss which ones are safer bets meaning they will still be hiring and which ones are risky meaning less jobs and the possibility of being let go.
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