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Assuming you want to work in Montreal, I hope you are fluent in French. Entry level positions do not exist without it, though given you are doing an MFE, I'm assuming you are at HEC. The Montreal finance community is small to start, so it will really depend on what you want to do. Quant, as has been said multiple times, is a very general term. Do you want to go to the buy side or sell side? What do you see yourself doing on either side?The difference between a provincial town like Montreal vs an big city like NYC is opportunity. The number of sell side gigs available in Montreal in any year can be counted on two hands if you are lucky. Toronto has a much higher count. There is the whole lifestyle aspect tooThe biggest impediment to making big bucks in Montreal is you tax bill...
Assuming you want to work in Montreal, I hope you are fluent in French. Entry level positions do not exist without it, though given you are doing an MFE, I'm assuming you are at HEC. The Montreal finance community is small to start, so it will really depend on what you want to do. Quant, as has been said multiple times, is a very general term. Do you want to go to the buy side or sell side? What do you see yourself doing on either side?
The difference between a provincial town like Montreal vs an big city like NYC is opportunity. The number of sell side gigs available in Montreal in any year can be counted on two hands if you are lucky. Toronto has a much higher count. There is the whole lifestyle aspect too
The biggest impediment to making big bucks in Montreal is you tax bill...
