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08 Feb 2011, 17:04
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When you check the profile of people working in S&T (in their website) you see that most people working in S&T with MBAs work in Sales and not Trading.
Why don't schools separate S&T in their employment reports? If someone is interested in Trading he/she has no way to know exactly how many ended up in Trading... I bet Structuring people are also included in that group.
Why don't schools separate S&T in their employment reports? If someone is interested in Trading he/she has no way to know exactly how many ended up in Trading... I bet Structuring people are also included in that group.
08 Feb 2011, 20:29
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I've always thought it is weird the two are even lumped together. The types of people within each are completely different:
Sales- guys who know how to blow smoke. Might not be the smartest, but know how to talk to people
Trading- nerds, quant guys. Probably know 13 different computer coding languages, etc.
Sales- guys who know how to blow smoke. Might not be the smartest, but know how to talk to people
Trading- nerds, quant guys. Probably know 13 different computer coding languages, etc.
09 Feb 2011, 21:36
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First, Southernstunna could not talk in better stereotypes if he/she tried. The vast majority of traders aren't nerdy quants who code.
The reason that S&T is grouped together is because banks recruit it together. Depending on the year, you may find that there simply aren't any trading jobs to be filling - nothing to do with the candidate. Second, once on the trading floor, transitioning from sales to trading is not impossible. Your job is to know your client in either, and the best sales people can make their own P&L outside of the traders quotes by knowing the client.
So, there is more overlap in skills than you think. But people will quickly recognize sales or trading favorable characteristics. MBA programs typically self-select sales-people.
The reason that S&T is grouped together is because banks recruit it together. Depending on the year, you may find that there simply aren't any trading jobs to be filling - nothing to do with the candidate. Second, once on the trading floor, transitioning from sales to trading is not impossible. Your job is to know your client in either, and the best sales people can make their own P&L outside of the traders quotes by knowing the client.
So, there is more overlap in skills than you think. But people will quickly recognize sales or trading favorable characteristics. MBA programs typically self-select sales-people.
