SEC job exit ops to trader at firm?
Is it possible to go from a job at the SEC to prop trader at a HF,bank,etc? Has anyone ever done this before? I know some have done the reverse but I have not heard about ex SEC guys becoming top traders.
Is it possible to go from a job at the SEC to prop trader at a HF,bank,etc? Has anyone ever done this before? I know some have done the reverse but I have not heard about ex SEC guys becoming top traders.
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i hear them going to law school and then going to work as in house.. but thats it
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