If you wanted to become a finance professor part time, how can you do that without getting a PhD? For reference, I have 2 years experience at an elite boutique (think Laz / Evercore / etc.) and 2 years at an elite hedge fund (think tiger cub).
In college, I had a number of profs that did not have a PhD but just had past work experience. How do these people get the job without a PhD? Has anyone successfully pursued this path if so how did you do it?
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