Hi WSO, a little background of myself. I graduated from a nontarget but was accepted to a top tier master of financial engineering program and now i am working as a capital market quant(front office/middle office) in a bottom BB(think RBC, WF), I also have a military service background which makes me a very unconventional quant in my firm (my average coworkers are of STEM phd background). I believe my foundation for acedemics is not as strong as my coworkers but is enough for the job, I'm also a quick learner. I represented my undergrad+master school to compete in multiple large trading competitions(manual trading +algo trading, I love designing trading algos) and placed very well.
I really want to break into trading shops(SIG/IMC/Jump) or quant hedge fund(Citadel/Point72) in my future career. Given my background I mentioned above, should I first work couple years at my current firm, then exit to a front office quant position in a top BB(BAML above) then finally go for buyside firms? Or I can get myself to a front desk position, work for couple years then apply directly for buyside? Any advice is appreciated!
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Not a helpful advice but would suggest don't call UBS/WF/RBC/DB a BB on this forum as their status is being evaluated by a group of professional college students on a weekly basis, same logic applies to JEF.
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