[dagw]

Isn't this true of all degrees? I have a friend who got a MSc in financial mathematics, and she said she was quite surprised to learn that all the quant math she had studied for her degree was basically scoffed at as "academic" once she got her first job. The same is in fact basically true for just about everybody I know, no matter what the field. If you went to university expecting vocational training then you where basically doing it wrong.

[djb_hackernews]

Cool. I've been checking out Financial Math masters programs. Any info about where your friend went and how she felt about it would be appreciated!