Tomorrow’s Quants: what it takes to be a next-gen modeller
Employers increasingly prize mix of hard and soft skills, Risk.net survey reveals
There was a time – not that long ago – when maths skills were the skeleton key to almost any quant role in finance. Those skills remain important, but many employers are now also seeking non-technical know-how that undermines a stereotype: quants who can code but can also communicate.
This is just one of the trends revealed by a Risk.net survey of the job market for aspiring quants.
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