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by arcanus 3793 days ago
The guys working at quant funds tend to have ph.d.s, in my experience. Some are certainly from state schools (UT Austin).
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beisner 3793 days ago
Anecdotally, I am currently an undergraduate in a top 10 CS department and I have several friends who have $160k+ job offers straight out of undergrad at quant firms.
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chlee 3793 days ago
UT Austin has a top 10 CS program.

It's just below MIT/CMU/Stanford/Berkley. Typically just as well regarded as UW/Cornell/Princeton/UIUC/Georgia Tech/Caltech.

Dijkstra used to be the department chair in the 80s and early 90s.

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is_it_worth_it_ 3793 days ago
Right, but a phd is a different case than a bachelors. UT Austin is also a solid school.
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