Job Responsibilities
Develop and express mathematically the company investment
objective in computer codes, and the computer codes be
applicable to all platforms and relevant users. Assist to the
extent applicable the testers in building QA toolkits.
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Job Requirements
Engineering, with lots of math contents to the level of graduate
statistics and functional analysis. A couple of graduate
computer science classes just to give enough background. Then
take finance credentials out there (CFA).
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Uppers
Can do anything / move anywhere with this set of skills. Money is always among
the better ones, too. Upgrade skills anytime as graduate schools open doors wide
for such apparent skills.
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Downers
There is less political clout associated with this profession,
so adopt a proffesional-enterpreneurial appearance early on. The
clients in this field is less forgiving to a spotty background,
so look after them well and never burn bridges - you see the
same people over and over.
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Lifestyle
Mine is very traditional 7-to-7 everyday. Company social events include lots of
free lunch, pizza, and occasional fancy dinners. Diversity could be an issue in
companies where 90%+ of the math developers are east asians with token
participation of others. Dress code is always casual, unless you are subpoenaed
and then you wear suits.
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Compensation
Excellent, comparable to same-experience engineers on other
fields. Six figures are the norm, seven are frequent and not
uncommon.
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Advice to Jobseekers
Job outlook is good. People constantly move to better money and
demand is huge with globalization - money moves really quick
these days. Be enterpreneurial, professional, and people will
love you. Once you have a good reputation, you keep it and hope
retire early in the next 10 years. A "star" attitude will not
last a year, so be nice to _everyone_.
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