Should I delay graduation?
Hey Everyone,
I’m a third year CS student, and right now I’m on a path(s) to have an internship at a bank at the end of the year. The thing is for most of my time studying CS, I never really decided on what I wanted to do. I’ve thought about it more and I really want to go down HFT and C++, but I’ve either missed the internship dates for most of these programs or failed their OAs.
It’s my understanding for places like Optiver, IMC and Citadel that the probability of getting into their grad program without being an intern prior is near 0. I also understand that post grad if you don’t get into HFT in Aus it’s really hard to find relevant systems C++ roles to even be relevant for transition into HFT.
So I feel like I’m left with a choice right now: extend my degree by a year to have access to another recruiting cycle and grind LC/OS fundamentals/algos (with a potential to still not get into HFT) OR graduate and accept the that getting into HFT is probably not going to happen.
I really would appreciate a sanity check on this, idk if I’m missing something and it’s weighing on me. Thanks.