Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant

The Talking Tuesdays Podcast is all about quantitative topics but mainly focused around quantitative finance, data science, machine learning, career development, and technical topics. Join me for some insight from a risk management professional on how the industry works and how to break in!

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Cultural Differences in the Workplace

Send us a text Quantitative finance is an industry that is mainly comprised of non-US workers. Many of them get graduate degrees in the US and become citizens in the long run though. Today I am discussing some of the cultural differences I have noticed over the years. These cultural differences are not good or bad, they are just differences. Learning to be accepting is important in all jobs but especially in those where differences might not be realized. Quant t-shirts, mugs, and hoodies: https:...

Mar 03, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 4

The Education Gap and Hybrid Degrees

Send us a text In many technical industries there is a shortage of qualified talent. This can be simply called, "the education gap." In many industries there is a clear divide between those that excel and the rest. The education gap can also be seen from the miss match in messages between the industries who state, "there is an employee shortage" and the job seekers such as those on LinkedIn who have data driven degrees yet remain unemployed. How do we solve this problem? I don't have a simple so...

Feb 18, 2020•22 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Managing Your Health: Physical and Mental

Send us a text Managing your health as a quant can be challenging both physically and mentally. In this episode I will discuss some challenges I am facing and how I help solve them along with a few other solutions. Weight gain and pains from bad posture plague almost all office workers as we sit at our desks for the majority of our time. Anxiety, depression, and impostor syndrome are common mental challenges for quants. From work-life balance, to keeping up with every new analytical model and tr...

Jan 28, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Talking Tuesdays Intro with Fancy Quant

Send us a text The YouTube channel, Fancy Quant, ran by Dimitri Bianco started a new segment called, Talking Tuesdays which is now becoming a podcast as well. The episodes will be a personal perspective on the finance and banking industry from the eyes of an insider on the quantitative side. Today's episode will cover in more details what Talking Tuesdays are, review the YouTube channel's success and some interesting stats, and will wrap up with a discussion on what Fancy Quant really represents...

Jan 10, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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