Quote: (03-06-2016 03:47 PM)Baldrich Wrote:
By the way...I tried going back to the US a few years ago and DESPITE the fact that I have a degree in Math from one of the best American universities...let's say "Ivy League"...I was unable to find a job in investment/financial/banking. I am over 30 so maybe that plus the fact that they saw I was living abroad for so long probably destroyed any chance I had of getting into the corporate world in banking...at least in the NYC area. I applied to hundreds of jobs and didn't get a single interview...so then I decided to just quit it and do things on my own. I'm not making as much money as you are (probably not) but I basically work 20 hours or fewer a week and the returns for that are pretty high here.
Big corporations are looking for compliant office drones. An ideal candidate is burdened by student loans, a mortgage, kids to feed or all of the above. A person who traveled the world and got a taste of real freedom probably scares them and comes across as too independent.
Other than not fitting the profile, there is no logical reason why a math graduate from a good school couldn't get a Finance job, maybe not with an Investment Bank, but at least with a Commercial Bank.