Career options for a guy in his late 20's with no experience in the field

[vanzandt]

I hope you didn't take 10+ years to do just a bachelors degree?

What the hells wrong with that?

 

[Humpy]

Ever thought of teaching at Uni ?
Less stressful

 

[newwurldmn]

Ever thought of teaching at Uni ?
Less stressful

He quants I used to work with always said a tenured professorship is better than Wall Street and Wall Street is better than an untenrured professorship.

 

[truetype]

A $16B hedge fund CIO explains what it takes to work at a hedge fund today

 

[VincentvanG]

I'm 29yrs old, come from a Non-English speaking country, and just finished a bachelor of commerce study in a western country, majoring in economics, finance and quant. analysis.

I'm very keen to get into trading and my goal is to become a professional prop trader or quant trader. This is also why I picked up my study. Last year, I interviewed with one of the bulge bracket banks for Sales and Trading internship but it didn't go well, then I went on to continue my own start-up project.

So basically I am old and has no work experience in Finance. I know chances are few but I was wondering what options do I have if I continue to presume the trading profession?

btw I am a quick learner, managed to get into a diploma course with 6 months english learning and I have good grades in my bachelor, would that help?

hmmmm

Qualities and skills you don't need to be a good trader:
-age limit
-a quick learner
-english
-a degree in business

 

[Humpy]

Have you got a platform yet to start ?
Use a free one like MT4 or 5 even if you have some savings.
Use a demo one to start. If you play/learn with real money you might be shocked out of trying with the initial losses and cramped in style.

If you can show a company a record of profits you have a better chance of getting employed.