[jindalprateek1]

dear friends

I have graduated in computer science (B.E.) from a good institute of India with 70.3% .After that i have joined a software company.After working with the company for last two months i have realised that i am in a wrong domain. Software programming has become a nightmare for me.I am not interested to work in this domain any more .

To switch my domain i am looking for a conversion course related to business and finance(capital market) abroad (in uk ,australia) .I could also opt for a good course in India also. So if anyone could guide me i would be grateful. Please tell me about the courses and universities offering the same.


regards
Prateek

[Tumtum]

Originally Posted by jindalprateek1

dear friends

I have graduated in computer science (B.E.) from a good institute of India with 70.3% .After that i have joined a software company.After working with the company for last two months i have realised that i am in a wrong domain. Software programming has become a nightmare for me.I am not interested to work in this domain any more .

To switch my domain i am looking for a conversion course related to business and finance(capital market) abroad (in uk ,australia) .I could also opt for a good course in India also. So if anyone could guide me i would be grateful. Please tell me about the courses and universities offering the same.


regards
Prateek

Hi Prateek.

Since you already have a CS degree and know a bit of programming too (though you don't necessarily like it), your best bet could be financial engineering- this is quant heavy stuff and it is advantageous if you know how to construct algos- something that you must have learnt as a part of CS. Typical courses that are reputed for this fiels are

MFE (Master's in Financial Engineering) at University of California (Berkeley)- Haas School of Business
MSCF (Master's in Computational Finance) at Carnegie Mellon University- Tepper School of Business
MSc (Quantitative Finance) at Imperial College, London
MSc (Quantitative Finance) at Warwick University, London
MSc (Computational Finance) at Said Business School, Oxford University
MSc(International Securities, Investements and Banking) at ICMA Center, University of Reading, UK.


Apart from this, if you are interested in any other courses, then CFA/FRM would also suit you very well.

It is more a question of where you want to be and what kind of work you want to be doing. Feel free to ask for more.

[konqueror_vivek]

Originally Posted by Tumtum

Hi Prateek.

MFE (Master's in Financial Engineering) at University of California (Berkeley)- Haas School of Business
MSCF (Master's in Computational Finance) at Carnegie Mellon University- Tepper School of Business
MSc (Quantitative Finance) at Imperial College, London
MSc (Quantitative Finance) at Warwick University, London
MSc (Computational Finance) at Said Business School, Oxford University
MSc(International Securities, Investements and Banking) at ICMA Center, University of Reading, UK.

This is something, I was looking for - thanks for the information. However, my question is - given that I've not done my engineering in CS, also since I have been working in Syndicated Finance (buy side) and now working in Credit markets - risk management (24 months to add up), and I guess, for comparison....I might be little above average in Maths and Quantitative Finance, do you think the above courses still hold good for someone like me ?


Thanks,

[Tumtum]

Originally Posted by konqueror_vivek

This is something, I was looking for - thanks for the information. However, my question is - given that I've not done my engineering in CS, also since I have been working in Syndicated Finance (buy side) and now working in Credit markets - risk management (24 months to add up), and I guess, for comparison....I might be little above average in Maths and Quantitative Finance, do you think the above courses still hold good for someone like me ?


Thanks,

Definitely yes....basically if you are from an engineering background and your knowledge of mathematics and statistics is good, then such courses can be sailed through nicely.


Many times CS grads are at a slight advantage because if they are working for trading desks and they can develop ad-hoc applications for traders/managers (across asset classes...equities/fixed income/FX/credit/commodities etc) using Excel-VBA and advanced macros, then they become hot property for these desks.


So being a CS grad would be advantageous, but as we all know, creating algos is more of a matter of logic...anyone with good reasoning and logic can create quant-heavy complex algo strategies for Ibanks/traders' clients and you don't necessarily have to be a CS grad for this.

Also, thinking about your profile, apart from the courses I mentioned in my earlier post, you could also look at MSc (Financial Risk Management) @ ICMA Center, University of Reading, UK and then go for either PRM or FRM or vice versa.

Feel free to talk more about it.

[jindalprateek1]

Hi

I really appreciate your reply.
I am still in a state of confusion.I don't know what exactly i am looking for,which course will suit me.My aim is to gain experience as well as exposure and joined my family business.I don't know y i did CS ?
What i think that will suit me would be something in management and stock market.I am looking for management because i want to run my family business and multiply it number of times. And for later because i have interest in it .
It would not be possible for me to wait for 3 years and go for gmat because after joining my family business ,it would be possible for me to leave the business in middle and at the same time i dont to work with some other company for such a long time.
I am looking for international exposure because this is only thing i will not get through my family business.

So if you could help me out ,i would be grateful..

how much MSc management is different from MBA??
I have number of queries on my list ,so it would be possible for us to chat sometime ???


bye
Prateek

[jain.er]

Man if u wanna join family biz better take sum general MBA coursre coz the above mentioned program are for hard core finance enthus . who want make their career in that particular field . Alll these course are highly specialised course , they are costly and would makee sense onlyif u want to make a career in this field. For your fathers business I thing your father would be the best teacher but if u wanna a MBA then unti and unless u have huge chunks of money a MBA course from an indian institue wouls suffice . Better join the above courses only and only if u wanna move ahead in the field of finance.
Cheers.....

[Tumtum]

Originally Posted by jain.er

Man if u wanna join family biz better take sum general MBA coursre coz the above mentioned program are for hard core finance enthus . who want make their career in that particular field . Alll these course are highly specialised course , they are costly and would makee sense onlyif u want to make a career in this field. For your fathers business I thing your father would be the best teacher but if u wanna a MBA then unti and unless u have huge chunks of money a MBA course from an indian institue wouls suffice . Better join the above courses only and only if u wanna move ahead in the field of finance.
Cheers.....

Undoubtedly, Jaini is bang on target here. I fully agree with him on this one.


If your final aim is your family business then why not try getting into ISB/SPJain for their 1 yr MBA. Whatever you will learn there will be of much more value and relevance than what you will learn in an MFE program. For whatever interest you have in capital markets, you can do the CFA program to quench your knowledge thirst.

I opine that you seriously rethink what you want to do and then set on a course.

Feel free to discuss out your mind but make sure you set on a right course or else it will just lead to plain frustration.