Analyst to Developer need advice

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#1

Hi, I’ve been out of the CFA community for a long time. Ever since the financial crisis I’ve been having a hard time getting back as an analyst. I’m currently a developer at a hedge fund. Ideally I’d like to become a quant dev. I’m also pursuing part time master in financial math, almost done. My current role bores me, building systems for researchers. I self taught everything in programming but I realized my c#/c++ ain’t that awesome to be building speedy trading systems for traders

At this point in life, I honestly do not know what else to do. I’m planning to take level 3, as you can see I’ve been out for almost 10 years on AF. Pretty depressed

I think times have changed. More analyst position requirements some development skills. But I’m not fully aware in what roles.

Thank you for your time and feedback.

#2

What program are you attending for your master’s? How did you become a “developer” while self teaching yourself coding? What is your educational background?

If your goal is to get more quantitative and analytical work, you need a transition step, which seems like an MFE for you.

If your master’s program doesn’t have recruiting, it’s worthless and you need to go to NYU, Carnegie Mellon or something.

#3

I agree with what Ohai said.

Keep in mind, the grass is always greener, there’s a high likelihood you will struggle attempting to find roles in research and find them not as interesting as you’d hoped.