Coding to Improve chances of breaking.
greetings fellow apes,
I am second year university student from Canada and I am studying Finance at a semi target school in Canada, (recently banks such as TD, BMO, national bank of Canada, and RBC have been actively recruiting from my university plus the Canadian equivalent of EB). I am lucky to go to a school that allows us to double major, yet, this has caused a dilemma for me. I was wondering whether double majoring in CompSci would be beneficial specially if I want to break into IBD in the US.
Thank you.
It could definitely help but make sure it’s something you enjoy doing, as it’s not worth it if it tanks your gpa
Perfect, I do enjoy coding but I do know that it will be an uphill battle so I will give it my all. Thank you very much, I truly appreciate it.
Nope, getting a CS major in order to break into IB is not helpful and a waste of time and energy. If you genuinely want to learn CS or might want to do something with it in the future, then by all means go for it, but don’t do it thinking it will help with banking
This. The reward/effort of adding a CS major for IBD is pretty low
Perfect Thank you!
The compsci double major would be useful for breaking into S&T, but not IB
Not helpful for breaking into IB and certainly not helpful for IBD unless you want to learn VBA. If you want to do S&T and are able to break in, it can help you secure a return offer though
Quant here with extensive Python and C++ experience in production code. CS is a waste of a degree unless you are pursuing tech. Anything finance related that has to do with coding, aside from pure engineering, you can learn to code on your own or through project work as part of your masters as I did. Won't help for S&T or investment banking. Most traders just use Excel and may need to read or modify a bit of VBA but more recently it's been switching to Python. If you are on the buy side working with strategies or on the sell side as a quant researcher its much more useful. But quick and dirty analysis in Python you can learn everything through websites and practicing yourself and answering your questions through StackOverflow. Either way like most people said - do what you want to do for the learning experience and enjoyment, not because you think it might help you land a job. A lot can change between now and graduation.
Perfect thank you very much, funny enough Coding started out as a side skill I was trying to learn but eventually led to me pursuing a degree in it when I found it enjoyable. I was wondering then should I pursue Information technology (I like it more than CS), or should I pursue finance more as I want to take as many finance courses as possible (since it is my passion)
My understanding is that it's more important you do the most respectable major you're capable of achieving a high GPA in at a respectable college. IB is literally excel, PPT and word. They hire history grads for crying out loud. CS would make you OP.
Oh, and the worst part is, if you get a low GPA in CS, no one will care that you did CS. You'd just be screened out. GPA>Major.
Experience is much more important. Make SURE you get some kind of vacation experience (summer/winter) because it just makes life that much harder if you don't.
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