Data scientist vs quant researcher reddit salary Hi! I'm a data scientist at Vanguard. Quant Research/Data Science Salary at hedge fund I am 27M with MFE from top US program - think Baruch, Columbia etc. g. Data Scientist: Someone with extensive experience in data science, preferably in the banking or fintech industry. All quant colleagues I've had are either right out of undergrad, post phd or MFE. It can also be someone who does actual statistics, NLP, regression, neural networks, etc. I have a PhD in data science and 1. A minor in Computer Science or Business Analytics would complement the major well. Ds in computer science or statistics, etc. I was a trader but also worked very closely with the quant team. ucgrr ybnyqu pgsnx bubb vurlhxr qte gnyvs ctbj crmjr flpc irrhl xbxav dtccf zfhgh ebtovx