Can I become a trader with an economics degree

Original post by datboii

It wasnt exactly like a ban but they restricted what i could do and when you're still in school all you really use it for is connections.
to put it simply i was spamming like all the IBD people and promoting myself. I think i got flagged as spam or something and all i was doing was just trying to connect with some of the public people. I think it was quite unfair.

Ahh, yeah, the spam detector is quite harsh. I'd maybe call up linkedin to sort it out at a later point or make a new account and this time only target a few people at once.

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Terry Tibbs

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Original post by datboii

It wasnt exactly like a ban but they restricted what i could do and when you're still in school all you really use it for is connections.
to put it simply i was spamming like all the IBD people and promoting myself. I think i got flagged as spam or something and all i was doing was just trying to connect with some of the public people. I think it was quite unfair.

Well technically it is against the rules to request connections with people you don't even know.

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Trapz99

Lol OP why did you ask about whether you could get in with an economics degree when you later say that you're doing Stats, Economics and Finance? That's a bit more quanty than an eton degree so mif you take all the maths modules you can, you could go into all types of trading. Don't worry!

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Original post by Terry Tibbs

Well technically it is against the rules to request connections with people you don't even know.

Eh, I don't think that's true - it should be fine as long as you have a reason for connecting with them

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Cobalt_

Original post by datboii

lol i got banned on linkedin

Oh ****.
Wat up.

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Original post by Princepieman

Ahh, yeah, the spam detector is quite harsh. I'd maybe call up linkedin to sort it out at a later point or make a new account and this time only target a few people at once.

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Well im not even sure if it was permanent lol. I think im a bit young for it anyway so i might just make one next year

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Original post by Cobalt_

Oh ****.
Wat up.

yasss dank meme lad

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Original post by datboii

Well im not even sure if it was permanent lol. I think im a bit young for it anyway so i might just make one next year

Good idea aha

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Terry Tibbs

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Original post by Princepieman

Eh, I don't think that's true - it should be fine as long as you have a reason for connecting with them

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Most of the time yes it's fine but I guess it depends what counts as "knowing" them. It is true though that in the rules it says you're not allowed to "Use LinkedIn invitations to send messages to people who don't know you or who are unlikely to recognize you as a known contact" or "Invite people you do not know to join your network".

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Original post by Terry Tibbs

Most of the time yes it's fine but I guess it depends what counts as "knowing" them. It is true though that in the rules it says you're not allowed to "Use LinkedIn invitations to send messages to people who don't know you or who are unlikely to recognize you as a known contact" or "Invite people you do not know to join your network".

Interesting, I'd imagine that would axe out a hell of a lot of users (especially super linkers) if enforced - seems strange to have that rule in place.

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Original post by Terry Tibbs

Most of the time yes it's fine but I guess it depends what counts as "knowing" them. It is true though that in the rules it says you're not allowed to "Use LinkedIn invitations to send messages to people who don't know you or who are unlikely to recognize you as a known contact" or "Invite people you do not know to join your network".

seems a bit silly considering that youre not even allowed to make catfish accounts so you'd inevitably be held accountable in case you're going to harass someone.

And what if you dont have any contacts? Like i dont know anyone in the industry as of now.

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Original post by datboii

seems a bit silly considering that youre not even allowed to make catfish accounts so you'd inevitably be held accountable in case you're going to harass someone.

And what if you dont have any contacts? Like i dont know anyone in the industry as of now.

I don't think it's an active rule, a nice intro message with a reason to connect i.e. I'd like to learn more about your work in xxx at yyy, I'm a xyz student currently.

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Original post by Princepieman

I don't think it's an active rule, a nice intro message with a reason to connect i.e. I'd like to learn more about your work in xxx at yyy, I'm a xyz student currently.

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ok well lets just say i just jumped straight in and said "Can I get some work experience at your firm?" xDD Guess that was a little unsettling and blunt

But thanks ill try that in future lol

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Grimm Reaper

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I have a question.

Is vanilla trading going to be obsolete in the next few years? Cause I'm interested in getting to vanilla trading. If it is then I have to get in to exotics trading (particularly fx derivatives).

Since I'm doing an econ degree, based on the convo here so far that's not possible. So would doing an comp Sci masters help with that?

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Original post by datboii

ok well lets just say i just jumped straight in and said "Can I get some work experience at your firm?" xDD Guess that was a little unsettling and blunt

But thanks ill try that in future lol

oh, don't do that lol. Networking is about subtlety and forming relationships..

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Trapz99

Original post by Grimm Reaper

I have a question.

Is vanilla trading going to be obsolete in the next few years? Cause I'm interested in getting to vanilla trading. If it is then I have to get in to exotics trading (particularly fx derivatives).

Since I'm doing an econ degree, based on the convo here so far that's not possible. So would doing an comp Sci masters help with that?

It's only the really simple vanilla stuff that will be gone very soon. By that I mean cash equity, fx spot and some others. Stuff like interest rates derivatives, delta one, a lot of FICC derivatives will still be there for a while but will probably still get automated.
However. Exotic derivatives trading (e.g. Bermudas swaptions, inflation derivatives etc) won't get automated for the next 20+ years.

I doubt the compsci masters would help tbh because I've heard it's not as quantitative as a BSc and focuses more on the practical programming skills with little theory.

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