Anyone have suggestions on finding a quantitative job (as opposed to a mostly software engineering job)? I've had software engineering jobs or internships in the past, and I've definitely enjoyed (some of) them, but I want to try something new and more in tune with my math/AI interests.
I've been facing two problems, though:
1. I have the knowledge (I have a math degree from a top college, and studied statistics and machine learning as well), but it's only a bachelor's degree, and I don't have any previous industry experience in a research position.
2. All the places I try for either automatically stick me into a software position, or say they'll have me work on research projects, but end up sticking me in a pure software position anyways. (For example, when I interviewed at my current job, I told them I wanted to work on research, and my manager said definitely... But he ended up having me work on UI, and when I told him I wanted to work on something more quantitative after my first project, he told me my "coding skills are too valuable"...)
Any suggestions?
