I applied for a finance job just for fun. For some reason out of fate, I was qualified. Remind you that I dropped out of IIT and that I don't have a degree.
The below is what I have noticed.
1) the basic joke of finance is that no one cares about your degree but everyone cares about your returns. With that being said, everyone uses your lack of degree and that you cannot manage the fund even after showing very good returns.
2) people related in finance are to be taken with a grain of salt. I know a person, who used his credentials to get funding. I can speak financial terms to prove investors that I know what I'm doing too. He gave me trading job offers but I don't think I can ever trust that person .
But, if you don't have the burning zeal inside you then you aren't gonna make it far in this field. What a joke! No matter what you say, trading is sort of like an Olympic sport. You gotta be your best at all times.
People use degree and credentials when you have good returns and they talk about returns when you have credentials. No one can do both at my age. First I was sad but I now understand that this is how this field works.
The below is what I have noticed.
1) the basic joke of finance is that no one cares about your degree but everyone cares about your returns. With that being said, everyone uses your lack of degree and that you cannot manage the fund even after showing very good returns.
2) people related in finance are to be taken with a grain of salt. I know a person, who used his credentials to get funding. I can speak financial terms to prove investors that I know what I'm doing too. He gave me trading job offers but I don't think I can ever trust that person .
But, if you don't have the burning zeal inside you then you aren't gonna make it far in this field. What a joke! No matter what you say, trading is sort of like an Olympic sport. You gotta be your best at all times.
People use degree and credentials when you have good returns and they talk about returns when you have credentials. No one can do both at my age. First I was sad but I now understand that this is how this field works.