Hey+Nick!!+A+future+investor+here+haha!+I+really+appreciate+your+detailed+description+on+your+background+and+most+importantly+you+have+a+kinda-clear+goal+for+yourself,+to+be+in+fintech+or+VCs.
As+you+are+now+an+intern+for+a+fintech,+I+must+say+for+the+very+first+thing+you+should+do+is+to+request+for+full-time+opportunities+in+your+current+team.+The+investment+economy+is+even+worse+than+the+economy+as+a+whole,+as+quite+a+number+of+caption+chain+rupture+cases+can+be+seen+/+forseen+in+the+venture+capital+market.+I+think+it's+kinda+hard+to+find+a+job+there.
Talking+about+whether+or+not+you+should+go+for+a+master+degree+in+UK/SG,+I+would+say+it+is+always+good+to+persue+further+studies+if+you+have+the+ability+to+do+so.+ Especially+for+getting+in+the+VC+world,+unless+you+had+previous+entrepreneurial+(fund-raising)+/+investment-side+experiences,+you+must+make+sure+you+can+get+into+top+busienss+schools+and+highly+related+programmes+(eg+Investment+/+Economics+/+PE+Management+/+Stats+and+Research+etc).+Otherwise+it+would+be+hard+to+get+into+that+world.+For+getting+into+the+fintech+continent,+I+would+say+it's+relatively+easy+as+there's+wide+range+of+available+opportunities+given+you+had+bank+intern+experiences.+If+you+still+can't+find+yourself+a+way+in,+please+go+for+digital+banking,+digital+transformation,+customer+experiences+or+product+management+positions+as+these+are+with+a+higher+demand+among+Virtual+Banks,+and+fintech+arms+of+banks/financial+institutions.
Below+I+cited+some+profiles+for+your+reference,+on+who+and+who+can+get+into+the+venture+world,+hope+they+helps!
(I+tried+to+show+some+more+profiles+that+are+more+貼地+already,+guess+those+experiences+are+attainable+!)
Reference:+LinkedIn
