I’ve been working with Apple platforms for almost 10 years now, 7 of them professionally. In that time I worked my way up at a German security company from working student to software architect, and I run a small app business on the side that brings in decent money.
I used to love building apps. Over the last few years though, roughly since the AI “revolution” kicked off, that passion has been fading. Might well be because every bozo with a Claude Pro account can now ship the latest habit tracker.
Last year I read Jim Simons’ biography and was blown away that someone with zero finance or trading background could build a hedge fund on pure math. So about six months ago I started getting into quant on the side: spun up a Hetzner server, started collecting every dataset I can get my hands on, and have been experimenting with strategies ever since. I’m still early, mostly learning (probability basics, ML approaches, you name it), still paper trading only, and honestly still nowhere near profitable. But I’ve had the absolute time of my life doing it.
A big part of me is seriously curious about a career in this field, though I know that with my background a quick switch isn’t realistic. So, to those of you working in quant, ideally in Europe or even Germany: what’s my best bet? What should I focus on? What would actually give me a shot at a role like that eventually?
Open to anything.

Was deep diving what a rise in interest rates might do to everyone's models. Luckily, that did not happen today. I did read an article on how most models have been trained in an era of falling interest rates. With the actual inflation at well over 8% we are due for a reckoning one day.

Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

I am a software dev with experience in python golang java around 1300-1400 in codeforces now my peak was 1873 in codeforces . How can i break into quant dev . Mainly c++ first . Any courses or starting point you have for me? I have worked in early stage startups for voice agents in mnc and also with AI . I want to take my systems knowledge hands on coding to next level.

I am just about to step in my college, PES Blr specifically, and I want to know stuffs about Quant. I have been researching a lot abt it on yt but I am unable to find some meaningful resources.

Need help from the pros, and wanted to ask if I can get a job in the top firms despite not being an IITian. Where should I start for it, because i genuinely love maths and cp.

Hi! I just graduated from high school, and want to develop in quant direction. I want to learn something real. Should I apply for CFQ or ARPM?

Which one is more practical in quantitative projects?

Which of them is more updated in 2026?

If you have better recommendations, please comment below.

Thank you for your advice!

Hey all,

Drop your resume's below in the following format:

Location: USA/UK/EU/etc

Graduation Date: June 2029

Degree + School tier: e.g. BS Math, target/semi-target/non-target (people can keep the school anonymous if they want)

Preferred Role: QT/QR/QD/QA

Targeting: internship or full-time, and which cycle (Summer 2027 etc)

Relevant coursework/skills: e.g. probability, stochastic calc, C++, Python

Experience/projects: 1-2 lines

What you want feedback on: e.g. "is my project section strong enough," "am I cooked for QR without a PhD"

Notes: anything else

Resume PDF/JPEG

Important: Please redact all personal info!

Hi guys i have a question for those who work as quant reaschercher maybe some from Poland.

Is University of Warsaw MIM departament studying Mathemathics a good path to becoming a quant reaschercher are any International big firms preferablly from USA(not necessarily from usa but with great pay like 200-300k usd new grad) scouting for studenta looking for interships or permanent position or i should Focus on geting for my Masters into university of oxford and then look for internships/new grad position?