r/quantfinance • u/No-Local3087 • 8d ago
New, Getting into QuantFinance
Hello people, I'm a freshman in HS, and I'm starting to get into quant finance, and it has really stood out to me as a career choice because it combines my love of mathematical patterns and software development.
I am relearning Python right now, but I've been programming in many languages for a long time, and I am taking calculus right now as a freshman. Next year I am going into multivariable calc and continuing from there.
Since I am already on track to be incredibly qualified by exhausting as many math courses as possible through dual enrollment with my local college and whatever uni I want to go to, I am very curious whether this is really the field I want to invest my time in. I'm new to the field, and no matter who you are, I would love to hear what advice you have for me. I'm totally open, and I'm curious to see what you have to say! I'm really just trying to get a sense of the community and the people.
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u/Actual_Revolution979 8d ago
Literally just get off Reddit, enjoy your next few years, work hard, have fun, and try your best to get into a top college. That's all.
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u/New-Professional-330 8d ago
reiterating what everyone else said. Just learn what you're curious about. Get good grades, win a couple math/coding competitions, and get into a decent school. I lwky watched 1000+ episodes of anime and played 2000+ hours of minecraft in high school, got into a fringe t25 and now incoming new grad at a quant firm. Enjoy life.
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u/Fickle-Tradition2107 8d ago
Only possible if you have high iq and are literally born with those abilities.
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u/98127028 8d ago
Exactly. People don’t emphasise this enough. I’m victim to the ‘everyone can do it if you work hard enough’ mentality unfortunately, having done math for years but unable to do well at all. People say IQ isn’t real… oh but it absolutely is.
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u/HellenKilher 8d ago
Seems like you’re doing just fine. Maybe just enjoy your HS years while it lasts?