I am now on holidays from school and I am set on a career in Asset Management, specifically Hedge Funds. What are some things a high school student can do to best prepare for a career in AM/HF if any.
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You are set on a career? At what 17 years old?
What you should do is keep your options open, and enjoy these years. Everyone wants to jump into the rat race without realizing how much less exciting it actually is.
Yeah I guess. I have been set on since I was 16 really. I have done work experience twice at a Macro Fund and I loved every minute of it and I created some contacts in the industry, that will hopefully push my case after university provided that is still want I want to pursue.
None the less thanks for your advice
A friend who works at an HF says to strengthen quantitative skills, get into a target, and learn about the markets
Sorry to be a pest but you could you ask your friend what exact quantitative skills I should look over? Thanks a lot for asking your friend about HF advice
since im in high school he just said statistics, calc and computer science. with a core understanding of these subjects you'll be able to do stochastic processes, part diff eqs and coding languages in college
I wasn't set on Wall Street until really recently, so keep your options open (I am in my late 20s).
beer pong, for sure
Start pounding the pavement for a PWM internship.
Study, get good grades, do interesting sh1t...
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If you see that you lack major skillsets for the field (for example if your math skills suck) work on that because high school is a time to mold your skills, which will affect how you do in college. That's all you need to do. Don't worry about resume building yet. Try to get into a decent school, but, more importantly, find your real interests, hobbies, and be social. Working harder later is easier when you are well rounded and have some breadth of character.
A naive high schooler wants to work for a hedge fund (Originally Posted: 03/25/2017)
I am a 18 year old high school student living in the Czech Republic (western Europe). I´ve been obsessed with financial markets since I was 15 and I´ve decided to study finance in college after I graduate from high school. My main goal is to work for a hedge fund anywhere in Europe (preferably London). Yes, I know that this industry is highly competitive, full of very smart people trying to accomplish the same thing as I am. But show my any other industry/field that is not competitive ... I bet you won´t find one. All people want to get an interesting, well paid job and it doesn´t matter if they are programmers, scientists, hedge fund managers or something else. There is no such thing as a prestigious field with no competition.
Even though I want to study in university, I am totally aware of the fact that graduating from university doesn´t mean anything. I think of a degree as of a "ticket" that enables me to just apply for a job but it does not, in any way give me any real knowledge that I could use in real business. Therefore, I feel the need for self education as I really want to get ahead of others.
The thing is that I am not sure what I should work on in particular. I am brushing up on my math skills - especially because of the entrance exam I´ll take after applying to the college. I´ve gone through the whole Macro/Micro economics series on Khan Academy. I´ve taken several courses about stocks evaluating, Fx market and so on. I am currently learning how to do financial analysis in Python and how to write simple programs in it. But I seriously doubt that for example learning higher maths will somehow make me more likely to work for a hedge fund. Maths is important but that´s just one thing and knowing it doesn´t make one a better hedge fund manager.
Could you please give me any tips on what to work on? I really need to focus on things that are important and forget those that are not. Thanks a lot
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I'm not in the HF space but I took a few alts (alternatives) classes (including a HF class) in uni. The HF space has a lot of nuances and as a student I think a good idea would be to know: the core strategies (Macro, L/S, Event, Relative Value, etc) +it would be good to understand the sub-strategies within each strategy, what each strategy typically trades, and the performance for each strategy so during interviews you can talk on that (look into 'HFRI' for performance tracking). I can also recommend a book via DM that in my opinion is a great primer. Other than that yeah the above poster has good advice, finding a good Uni with a good networking base and good finance-related clubs is important in my opinion.
Study math and statistics sciences, be curious, look at the markets. Read and read and read. (repeat)
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