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Degree: Mechanical Engineering
Jobs/Careers of Interest: Overseas at risk infrastructure engineering or oil & gas technician
Graduate Salary Expected: ~£30k out of uni & quickly rises after a few years experience.
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Original post by BizzStrut
Degree:
BA Mathematics
Jobs/Careers of Interest:
Best case: IB M&A or PE (unlikely as undergraduate)
Other options if finance doesn't work out: Blue chip tech firm, management consulting
Less preferable choice: army 3 years then MBA to one of the above
If everything goes tits up: Sales
Wild card: Tech startup. Depends on what happens the time I'm at uni. Who I meet, etc.
Graduate Salary Expected:
Ranges from around £40k base at the top to £25k base at the bottom.


We sound like very similar people.. Except I would hate to be in the army! :tongue:



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Degree: Politics and Social Policy

Jobs/career of interest: MP or Civil Service (Foreign and Commonwealth Office or Treasury)
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Degree: Electronic Engineering
Jobs/Careers of Interest: Marketing / HR / Creating content
Graduate Salary Expected: over 18,000
Original post by y0_3mma
Degree: Electronic Engineering
Jobs/Careers of Interest: Marketing / HR / Creating content
Graduate Salary Expected: over 18,000


Interesting.. Refreshing to see an engineer interested in creative industries.

What persuaded you to go down that route?

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Original post by Princepieman
Interesting.. Refreshing to see an engineer interested in creative industries.

What persuaded you to go down that route?

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What persuaded me to study engineering? I ask myself the same question.
Well the fact that 1. I come from an easter european country and it's hard af to get a job there. 2. engineers always get jobs. 3. engineers always get good money

What persuaded me to want marketing? I've always been a creative person and I love creating stuff, crafting, anything that involves nice visual/audio things. I still don't know what job i want, but it looks like marketing fits what i'd like..
Degree: Philosophy
Career: Lawyer or primary school teacher
Graduate salary: £19K?
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Mathematics at ICL
Career: Hedge fund Quant Analyst for Man group or similar, hopefully,

Salary: 40k-50k starting
Original post by Buses
Mathematics at ICL
Career: Hedge fund Quant Analyst for Man group or similar, hopefully,

Salary: 40k-50k starting


Big aim.. I think BlueCrest and Brevan Howard also hire from undergrad, might want to check them out too. Of course also check out other quant-y places like Jane Street, SIG, DRW, DE Shaw, Citadel etc. Putting your eggs in one firm is never a good idea.

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Original post by Buses
Mathematics at ICL
Career: Hedge fund Quant Analyst for Man group or similar, hopefully,

Salary: 40k-50k starting

Hi, I am going to study Maths at Uni & wanted to ask can you please tell me what a quant analyst?
Original post by Ayaz789
Hi, I am going to study Maths at Uni & wanted to ask can you please tell me what a quant analyst?


They use mathematical and quantatative methods to help find profitable investments for places like a hedge fund. Well that's what I think they do anyways 😁
Original post by Buses
Mathematics at ICL
Career: Hedge fund Quant Analyst for Man group or similar, hopefully,

Salary: 40k-50k starting


damn, didn't know that was possible straight out of undergrad
Original post by Axlerod
damn, didn't know that was possible straight out of undergrad


Quant HFs do occasionally recruit very top undergrads but it's certainly not common. Prop shops recruit undergrads too.

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Degree: MMathPhys
Jobs/Careers of Interest: idk

Graduate Salary Expected: enough
Original post by Princepieman
Case in point.. Ffs.

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I'm not sure I understand.
Original post by Vinny1900
You're delerious


Delirious* pal, and I don't think I am.
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Medicine
Medicine (:biggrin:)
21,000
Original post by Princepieman
Quant HFs do occasionally recruit very top undergrads but it's certainly not common. Prop shops recruit undergrads too.

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Sheeeeet, just read that head of human resources at Man group said that they tend to hire 4-6 graduates every year out of 1000 applicants, damn that's reallyyyyyy competitive
Original post by Mentally
Delirious* pal, and I don't think I am.


Employers don't pay that level.
Original post by Axlerod
Sheeeeet, just read that head of human resources at Man group said that they tend to hire 4-6 graduates every year out of 1000 applicants, damn that's reallyyyyyy competitive


Not that bad tbf. My friend got BlackRock (HF) and that was 6 out of ~2k applicants.

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