Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant
The Talking Tuesdays Podcast is all about quantitative topics but mainly focused around quantitative finance, data science, machine learning, career development, and technical topics. Join me for some insight from a risk management professional on how the industry works and how to break in!
Episodes
118 episodes
Building a Better Quant Community
This is the presentation I gave at the Quaint Quant Conference 2025. The goal of the conference is to bring together more people to share ideas and collaborate. I touch on some of the main groups of people in the quantitative finance community ...
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1:15:52
Immigration and H1B - Quant View
As there has been some discussion around H1Bs and immigration, and a subscriber asked me to talk about it, here is my perspective.A few high points:- Immigration is a key part of America.- Great people should be allowed to immig...
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21:06
A Wall Street Chat with Patrick Zoro
I brought Patrick Zoro from Lehigh University on the channel to discuss jobs, hiring, program rankings, networking, and just to catch up with him on a personal note.Some interesting takeaways include how programs gather and report gradu...
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1:22:00
Director of Admissions and Recruiting at CMU MSCF - Emily Wertz
There is a lot of confusion on how admissions is done at quant finance masters programs in the US. Every program will do it differently however today I got the opportunity to learn about the admissions process from one of the top programs (Carn...
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1:02:06
Wall Street Scholars with David Shimko
An interview with valuations expert, David Shimko to discuss what he has been up to. He's teaching a quantitative focused financial valuations core course at NYU Tandon and he has been working on a new company called, Wall Street Scholars. Wall...
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1:08:29
Agus Sudjianto on Machine Learning, AI, and Validation
I had another great conversation with Agus Sudjianto around machine learning models, LLMs, risk management, model validation, and building culture. Agus recently retired from Wells Fargo and is now enjoying a variety of side projects including ...
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1:10:37
Zach Creighton Quant Recruiter and Founder of Hemans
Zach Creighton is a quantitative finance recruiter and founder of Hemans. Hemans is a premier staffing and search agency with specialization in the Financial Services Corporate Governance sector. Zach talks about his journey into the career of ...
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1:05:59
Stan Uryasev's Quantitative Finance Journey
I had a great time talking with Stan Uryasev and learning about his journey to quantitative finance. Stan is one of the authors of the original paper on Conditional Value at Risk (CVaR). CVaR is taught in almost every finance program and has ha...
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59:52
Inflation, Spending, and Economics in 2024
From 2020 until today (7/21/24), the economy has really come into the main conversation especially with inflation as bad as it has been. I bring on economist and personal friend C.R. Olschwang to discuss what is currently happening as well as s...
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1:24:42
Alexander Unterrainer on KDB
A fun interview with Alexander Unterrainer on KDB and building careers in quantitative finance in London. I have heard a little about KDB over the years but have never used it. Today I sit down with Alexander to learn a bit more about it and ho...
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Season 7
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Episode 14
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1:07:25
Energy Trader, Analyst, and YouTuber Jonathon Emerick
Jonathon Emerick is an energy trader and quant who also has a YouTube channel (QuantPy). We discuss his journey coming from chemical engineering to quantitative finance which included a Masters of Financial Mathematics. Topics covered in our di...
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Season 7
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Episode 13
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1:30:47
The Last Five Years: Quant Journey 30 to 35
Since I just turned 35 years old, I figured I would a podcast episode on the journey and the lessons I learned. It was a mixed bag of great years, some struggles, and now coming out the other side. Quantitative finance is a wild ride and never ...
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Season 7
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Episode 12
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39:36
Economics, Equality, and Bringing America Back
As many of you know I work in a high paying field and rub shoulders with many wealthy people. That being said, I didn't grow up around Wall Street or any other high powered field. I was an average American who took an interest in quantitative f...
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Season 7
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Episode 11
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34:21
Should You Have Friends at Work?
Should you have friends at work?Of course! You need a network around you. You need people to talk to who can relate to you. It makes work easier as you understand your colleagues better, it helps find work in the future, and it makes it...
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Season 7
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Episode 10
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21:19
How I Paid for My Education (Masters and Undergrad)
A subscriber asked how I paid for my masters degree as they are very expensive. The short answer on how I paid for it was working part-time and taking out government loans. For my undergrad my parent's paid the first 1.5 years and then I got ma...
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Season 7
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Episode 9
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26:11
Time Management Tips from a Quant
A subscriber asked how I manage my family, working as a quant, two YouTube channels, and a fair amount of hobbies including my homestead. There are really four tips that allow me to manage my schedule. It is also important to realize I do not s...
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Season 7
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Episode 8
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13:50
Why Companies Don't Change
An industry professional asked me why is it so hard to get changes made within a company. They had made some suggestions for improving model validation however they were told there were resource constraints. Resource constraints are very real h...
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Season 7
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Episode 7
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26:59
Why You Shouldn't Love Money
In quantitative finance I hear a lot of students say, "I love money" implying that will make them good at quant finance. It is a very shallow statement and one that shows the student hasn't thought much about that statement. The students that d...
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Season 7
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Episode 6
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10:06
The Biggest LIE in Quant Finance
The biggest lie in quant finance is that you can do everything required at the highest level of a model. This includes data engineering, model development (quant research), implementation (quant dev), and be the end user (often a trader or oper...
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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10:23
Gratitude for a Traveling Salesman Dad
For this Thanksgiving season I would like to express my gratitude for my dad. My dad was a traveling salesman and the reason my mom was able to be a stay at home mom. The one skill that I am most grateful for is my work ethic. I learned to work...
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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13:39
Gratitude for a Stay at Home Mom
As Thanksgiving is this week I wanted to reflect on my gratitude for my mom. My mom was a stay at home mom and was lucky enough to be able to stay home and spend a lot of time with me as a child. Many of the life lessons around manners, religio...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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16:13
Understanding Performance Reviews
Understanding performance reviews is challenging especially if you have not worked at a variety of firms. There will always be a human judgement portion which is not a hard science. That being said, reviews should be very specific to each posit...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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15:20
Legends Never Die: How to Become a Legend
Many things make legends who they are. It seems the commonality is the ability to perform at a very high level over an extended period of time. Looking at Fischer Black, Peter Carr, Rick Rubin, George Box, Gilbert Strang, and John Nash it is in...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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32:00