Is HF dominated by Math/Physics/CS/Stats majors?

Basically the title, and I’m not talking about quant roles.

Almost everyone I’ve met in HFs came from a STEM background—even the kids who recruited for HFs at my school were mostly either non-econ or econ + some stem major. My sample size is definitely is too small and biased (I’m studying math in school) to judge, so I’m wondering if this is the case across the industry.

In my mind, it literally doesn’t matter what someone studies in school because investing is something one learns on their own/through mentorship, but it’s also obvious that knowing simple arithmetic/prob and being good with numbers doesn’t hurt.

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Yeah, that’s what I’m thinking. Just wondering if it translates into the majority of people in the industry having such background

 

No

HF out of school implies above average intelligence

Hard major tends to get smarter people, that’s probably all there is to it.

 

You could just check linkedin and the answer is no. Also wtf does everyone that goes into hf are STEM majors in my school have to do with anything. My school is a major STEM school but everyone that goes into HF are accounting and finance majors. 

 

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