Hey everyone,

I work at a financial market infrastructure provider as a business analyst. I have a background in Mathematics. I am planning to prepare myself for quant roles at IB. Do anyone suggest some kind of a career path I should consider?

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Real talk. It’s not going to happen for you if you aren’t enrolled at a top tier target MBA program. That’s just IB, quant fund or strategy would have required an undergrad math degree, again, from a top program, and direct recruitment from there. Corporate banking is a possible path for you, but not straight from an “infrastructure provider”. Once again, MBA time from a top program (ideally top 100). Make sure multiple banks have and are hiring for their internship/rotational programs from your school, you’re probably going to need to go through one of those too.

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Quant roles come in various packages.

Quantitative Risk Management
Quantitative Researcher
Derivatives Pricing
Portfolio Analyst
Investment Risk Analysis etc.

For all of these roles, you need a solid bachelor’s in statistics or masters in quantitative finance. Solid Python coding , sql and c++.

If you’re 22-26 companies might take a chance on you without much experience. But out of that range you have to prove your work by building trading bots , complex statistical analysis on real time data showing some unique insights that a portfolio manager can use on a day to day basis.

Unfortunately just having a degree or certifications isn’t of much use.

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You can DM me, I can explain more quantitative options.I myself am a statistics major.

Have you thought about VC roles?

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