C++ Online Certificate Students' intro thread

[Jiang Deqing]

Hi everyone, I'm Jiang Deqing from Beijing，you can call me Dedekind.

Objective: get started with C++, and prepare for MFE programs
Programming Experience: Python, a little bit of Matlab
Current Work: junior student majored in mathematics
Intended Pace: finish this course within 6 weeks

So nice to meet you all!

 

[vironica]

Hi there!

Objective: learn for MFE program
Programming Experience: none
Current Work: undergraduate student majored in mathematical finance
Intended Pace: finish this course before the application, one level a week if time permits

nice to meet u all!!!

 

[Jingwei Zou]

Hi all, I am a MFE student who is going to New York to start my first year in SIT in August.

Objective: Learn C++ for MFE program, and for admission to another MFE program.

Programming Exp.: C

Current Work: First year MFE student.

Intended pace: Wish to complete the course before November, so that I can apply for the MFE program in Baruch by then.

 

[ahmed bilal]

Hi All,

I am a certified Financial Risk Manager (GARP) looking to learn programming with C++. I have knowledge of R, SAS, and Excel but no programming knowledge and this work will bridge that gap.

Objective: Learn C++ for MFE Program
Programming Experience: None
Current work: Senior Relationship Manager
Intended Pace: Finish the course within next 3 months

 

[Chenyu Liu]

Hi all
Objective: Learn C++ for graduate school and future employment
Programming Experience: A little Scilab
Current Work: Junior major in Business Administration
Intended pace: Finish before September

 

[Yipeng (Frank) Zhu]

Hello, everyone, It is really exciting to start the course.
Objective: Learn C++ for MFE program, and prove my computer program ability for Finance learning and working in the future.

Programming Experience: VBA, C, R
Current Work: Finance Trader
Intended Pace: I enjoy doing everything as efficient as I can, including learning this course.

 

[Chenling Yang]

Hello, everyone! I am thrilled to be a part of this family.

Objective: Learn C++ for admission to MFE programs.

Programming experience: R, Matlab, little Python, little C and little SQL.

Current work: Summer intern

Intended pace of program: Not sure. I'll try my best.

 

[Xinyue LYU]

Hi, everyone! I am excited to be here with you!
Objective: Get well prepared for MFE program!
Programming Experience: little java, python
Current Work: undergraduate major in finance
Intended Pace: As soon as possible! one month would be perfect! I'll try my best!

 

[WANG Tianjiao]

Hi there!

Objective: Learn C++ for MFE program
Programming Experience: MATLAB, R, a little Python
Current Work: Undergraduate student double majored in Finance and Applied Mathematics
Intended Pace: Finish this course in my summer vacation, one level a week if time permits

Nice to meet you guys!

 

[Zhenning Zhao]

Objective: Learn C++ for MFE program, preparing for further study.

Programming Experience: VBA, C++, C, SQL, MATLAB
Current Work: working for asset trusteeship at ICBC
Intended Pace: First year of work, planning on applying for a MFE program this year. This is something I am really interested in.

 

[RobDre]

Hi all,
I'm excited to be here and looking forward to learning as much I can.
Objective: Prepare for MFE.
Programming Experience: C++, Python
Current Work: Risk Audit
Intended Pace: 1 Level per week would be nice. Will see how that works out given that I'm working and also plan on taking another class.

 

[Changqi]

Hello everyone,

Objective: Prepare for master program and future job.
Programming Experience: None
Current Work: MFE student
Intended Pace: 1 level pre week would be nice

 

[WeiZhou]

Hi All!
Objective: C++ for MFE program
Programming Experience: Python, R
Current Work: Senior Math student
Intended Pace: Hopefully before the summer holiday!

 

[YiyiZhu]

Hello everybody, I am a physics student from China.

Objective: Learn C++ for admission to MFE programs

Programming Exp.: Pascal,Python(limited)

Current Work: Senior physics student

Intended pace: 2--3 months

 

[Fangze Zheng]

Objective: Prepare for MFE.
Programming Experience: None
Current Work: A senior student in the University of Wisconsin Madison majoring in Applied Math
Intended Pace: hopefully I can finish it in 3 months.

 

[Mario Pena]

Hi everyone,
Happy and excited to start this online course!

Objective: Learn as much as I can from the course and apply for admission into the other Pre-MFE seminars.

Programming experience: None

Current work: Database Manager.

Intended pace: Will take my time to learn and practice the language but hope to finish well before the deadline.

 

[Nissar]

Hi All,

Excited to learn a proper programming language. I have about 2 years of experience in retail banking analytics. I am undergrad from Metallurgy, with no formal programming education. I have completed FRM Part I as an basic exposure to finance.

Objective: Learn and practice C++ enough to feel confident to say i know C++. Also I am planning to pursue MFE

Programming experience: SAS 9/10, VBA 7/10

Current work: Analyst, Banking Analytics

Intended pace: Will spend all my energy on this for the next 2 months, not sure how much i would cover. Post 2 months will complete at a moderate pace.

 

[Zhang Yumeng]

hi guys~
It is really nice to meet you and I am really happy to learn C++ with all of you!!

 

[Lennie]

Objective: learn for MFE program
Programming Experience: C++, MATLAB,JAVA,UNIX SHELL,R,PYTHON,SQL
Current Work: NYU MFE
Intended Pace: try to finish this course within 2 months

 

[Xuanyue Lin]

Hi all,

Objective: Learn C++ for MFE program
Programming Experience: MATLAB, R, a little Python
Current Work: Undergraduate student majored in Finance
Intended Pace: 2 levels/week