What is the scope of moving from experimental particle physics to finance?
Postdoc in experimental particle physics in one of the large LHC experiments here. I see a lot of people working in finance (banks/hedge funds) saying that most of their colleagues have a degree in physics and that there is a lot of scope for physicists to transition to banking. However, looking more closely into the type of physicists that actually get into finance, it looks like it’s mostly theoretical physicists or people who have worked extensively with simulations. For an experimental particle physicist involved in operations and data analysis, what really is the possibility of cracking into finance (there’s also tech but dealing only with software is not for me)? Which aspect of finance can I get into? If this is a possibility where do I even start? Is there anyone nowadays who’s making this move? All the colleagues that I know that have made the move have been moving to tech. How are my chances affected if I’m not from Europe/the Americas but want to live there?