Jonathon Emerick

At 18, I thought trading courses and YouTube gurus would unlock easy money. Instead, I lost more than I learned. The truth? Real trading knowledge isn’t online—it’s inside hedge funds and banks. And the only way in is through university. Less than 1% of quant finance jobs skip a degree. That’s why the real path to a career in quantitative finance is simple: get the right education, land the job, and get paid to learn.