How Identity Has Influenced a Quantitative Analyst at The Grupe Company's Career
Mariana's athletic background significantly shaped their career, transferring valuable soft skills such as teamwork and communication learned from team sports and the "grit and discipline" developed in individual sports. This foundation proved highly applicable to the demands of a quantitative analyst role, fostering self-motivation and a proactive approach to continuous learning and professional development.
Teamwork, Communication, Discipline, Resilience, Motivation
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Mariana Roge Ferreira Duarte
Quantitative Analyst
The Grupe Company
University of the Pacific
University of the Pacific - Financial Mathematics
Economics
Finance (Banking, Fintech, Investing), Real Estate
Data and Analytics
International Student, Scholarship Recipient, Student Athlete
Video Highlights
1. Teamwork and communication skills are crucial in quantitative analysis, similar to working on an athletic team.
2. Individual grit, discipline, and self-motivation are essential for success in a quantitative analyst role, mirroring the dedication required in individual sports.
3. The soft skills and transferable skills developed through athletic training are highly valuable in a professional career, particularly in demanding roles like quantitative analysis.
Transcript
As an athlete, how has that impacted the way you've navigated your career?
That is a great question. As an athlete, you learn so many soft skills, and teamwork is one of the main ones. It's very important to know how to deal with your coworkers; it's basically the same as learning how to deal with your teammate.
Think about every single deal or project you're working on as a competition you need to prepare for. You're working together, and there's a lot of communication involved. All those skills are very transferable.
When you're talking about individual sports, there's grit and discipline involved. You wake up early to train by yourself, doing all those reps without a teammate beside you to hold you accountable or keep you motivated.
That also plays a huge part when you're starting in a position. Most of the time, even though you are working on a team, it's you keeping yourself motivated, putting yourself out there, and staying relevant. You're learning more and trying to take courses to acquire more knowledge.
All those soft skills that athletes go through—professional athletes, G1 athletes, college athletes—they go through those four, five, six years of their lives or even more. They are very, very applicable in the real world, and that's important for people to know.