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Category Archives: Non-Academic Jobs
Leaving Work to Start a PhD
I made the move from the world of work into a PhD. I tend not to think of myself as a ‘student’ and think of my PhD as a full time job. There are obvious differences between PhD life and work … Read More
Quasi-academic jobs
The Chronicle has an interview of Scott Keeter who after twenty-four years as university faculty member is now working in a think tank The interview dwells on the similarities and differences between academic jobs and ‘quasi-academic jobs’. Quasi-academic jobs are … Read More
Tagged: quasi-academic jobs
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Statistics in demand
The NYT has an interesting article on the importance and demand of statistics in the internet age. The main theme is that although huge amount of complex data is available, there is a pressing need for useful analysis, identifying patterns, … Read More
Tagged: statistics
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Credit Crunch
It appears that the credit crunch will have an impact on job application patterns and for PhDs looking for jobs. This is not particularly good news for final year PhD students who are starting to explore various job possibilities. Some … Read More
Tagged: academic, credit crunch, finance sector, fiscal crisis, Research
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Investment Banking for PhDs – Part II
Piotr Karasinski is the global head of quantitative development at HSBC. He was a successful academic before he shifted to Wall Street. Therefore if anyone is able to give some insight into investment banking it would be him. Piotr Karasinski … Read More
Investment Banking for PhDs – Part I
I recently received an email from a ‘banking science’ organisation that had arranged a workshop where practitioners from the financial services industry in London would give an insight into their job. The workshop was specially geared towards PhDs. Since quite … Read More
