CFA+MS CS from Ivy League. Options?

Hi Guys,

A bit of background- I am currently working in JPMC NYC though in the tech side of things in CIB (Corporate Investment Banking) and have a Masters in CS from an Ivy League (Not sure if Ivy League makes a difference in the financial world as it doesn't in the tech world but just wanted to put it out there). While at JPMC I realized I preferred going into the nitty gritties of how a bond is priced more than how to optimise the code to a bigO(1) so I started studying for the CFA to pacify my curiosity for finance. I have passed the CFA level 1 and will be giving level 2 this year and 3 next year.

I just wanted to know with this sort of a background (Tech plus Finance) what options do I have? Is VC on the cards with such a background? Anything else that I could jump into which is more on the finance side of things than the technology side of things or 50-50 mix of both?

Thanks a lot!

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