I'd like to give back to the community, which has been extremely helpful along the way. I have recently landed a credit investment offer at a large institutional AM. Thinking some fellows on this forum may have similar backgrounds and are trying to get into FO roles too, I am happy to share a bit of my experience.

Background:

• Finished an advanced degree in applied science and started finance journey by studying CFA, FRM and quant finance

• Spent two years validating derivative pricing and market Risk models at a bank

• Moved to an institutional AM (asset owner $50-100B AUM) in Portfolio Analytics and investment risk focusing on building risk solutions and reporting infrastructure, it's been one year now

• Joining another AM (again asset owner w higher AUM) in structured credit

Pretty happy about the outcome, hard work getting paid off and landing a FO role in just under three years. Happy to answer any questions you may have. Cheers.