5/2 hi. does anybody out there know about how physics postdocs do in
doctoral programs for finance, accounting, etc? any personal
stories, cautionary tales, etc, please write to me, hahnak.
thanks in advance
\_ hi.
\_ if you go from physics to finance with a phd from a name-brand
school, no post-doc is necessary, and you certainly don't
want to waste your time with some idiotic finance grad program.
for reasons that are perhaps a litle odd, there are lots of
finance type employers on wall street desperately trying to
recruit physics phds all the time. i am a second year grad student
in applied physics, and i periodically get solicited by these
people even though i am years from graduating. lot's of people
seem to go this route, but no one i know personally because
it tends to be the particle theorist wannabe loosers, and i'm
in condensed matter experiment. from what i've heard, expect
to make less than the *real* finance poeple, to work long
hours, to hate your boss, and to lead a pointless existence
in the most expensive city in the US(nyc).
in the most expensive city in the US(nyc). huh. this reply
was intended as a troll(although i honestly believe everything i
said.) apparently this is the wrong crowd.
\_ What part of physics studies is applicable in the financial
world?
\_ being able to think and create mathematical models.
\_ yeah, and also an understanding of the study
of random processes. |
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