Hello,
I'm considering breaking into Finance but I don't exactely what to do yet. I like everything involving econ and understanding how to run a business, solving problems and teamwork.
My biggest weakness is that my quantitative skills are quite poor so I don't think that S&T would be a good path for me... What do you think ?
I thought that maybe restrucuring could fit well with my skills and what I would like to do ? Is there anyone here doing restructuring ? it's quite hard to find information on the day to day job, the pay, the hours. Any insight ? Why would you do restructuring instead of M&A for example ?
Regards,
sales
Does all trading really require quant genius? Aren't there trading styles that don't require you to be a quantitative genius?
Have you considered going into consulting? Seems like it might be a better fit for you.
@ivoteforthatguy: I think that sales-even if it's not as quant heavy as a trader position- involve being very fast with numbers, it's not something I will be a better than other people. So not a good bet if I already know that I won't be able to compete with the best.
@Domino: No I haven't. Money is part of my motivation too, so consulting doesn't sound like a great deal anymore. I have to pay back students loans.
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not sure where this finance needs quant skills comes from.
I know chicks in sales who can barely tie their own shoes.
you can also do banking, requires no intellectual capability whatsoever, any independent thought may actually hurt you as you may start questioning the sheer stupidity of it.
if you can use the SUM function in excel your quant skills are good enough to be an ibanker
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You could always be a trader for UBS
just kidding
Sales, IBD, PWM, ops, most research. The only thing that ABSOLUTELY requires heavy math is quant trading, and most traders arent' math gurus. Theoretically, you could also go to law school and approach it from that angle...but I don't know anything about how to actually do that.
Thanks guys for all you answers. I will try to do an internship in S&T and see if I like it.
@Domino: No problem I understand, maybe you're right. I will do some research on consulting, I think you're right when you say that you shouldn't choose your job for the money but you know, it's pretty hard to understand it when you're still in school and you see all your peers making 6figures and you're not.
You nailed it !
The problem with consulting and IBD is that it's not econ related at all, am I wrong ? I love to open the newspaper everyday and see what happened in the world and trying to understand why it happened, what would happen next...
Investment Banking.
I'm serious you can laught but "what if" is a very funny games and the more you play the better you're.
Long story short I said that I like reading the newspaper everyday and trying to figure out what makes the world goes round.
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