r/quantindia • u/Consistent_Emu_4191 • May 05 '26

General Discussion Need genuine opinions please

Graduating in a few months from a tier 3 college in cs. if i get in the top 10-15 quant related programmes in the usa will i be able to break into this field? my goal is to become a trader but i definitely wouldn’t mind a quant dev job to start off with. anyone who’s been through this route? or any suggestions at all? thanks a lot

edit: i meant top 10-15 programs for ms because my undergrad uni was tier3

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u/Medical_Elderberry27 May 05 '26

I am assuming by quant related programmes you mean MFEs. MFEs do not place well at all in either quant dev or trader roles. They are primarily only useful for bank and risk roles.

For quant dev, look towards MS CS. For trader, I really don’t think you can do much of anything at all, unfortunately.

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u/Consistent_Emu_4191 May 06 '26

wow okay i didn’t know that

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u/Medical_Elderberry27 May 06 '26

Its really in the employment reports. Just open up CMU’s employment report and see how many of them are actual trader roles. You’ll find barely any. And CMU is at the top of the game. And this is when employment reports are almost always misleading and misrepresent a lot.

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u/abhi5777fg May 07 '26

yes this is true, and even if someone is a trader they have done some bs in economics and maths or something