My life as a Quant is Derman's entertaining and candid account of his search for answera as he undergoer his transformation from ambitious young scientist to managing director. His book is simultaneously wide-ranging and personal. He tells the story of his passage betweem two worlds; he recounts his adventures with physicists, quants options traders, and othet highfliers on WallStreet; he anayzes the incompatible personas of traders and quants; and he meditates on the disimilar natures of knowledge in physics and finance. Throughout his tale, he reflects on the appropriate way to apply the refined methodes of physics to the hurly-burly world of markets