C++ Online Certificate Students' intro thread

[Dechang Chen]

Hi All, nice to be here.
Objective: Learn C++ for career development
Programming Experience: C, Python, Matlab, R
Current Work: Quant modeler
Intended Pace: Currently work full time. I plan to complete the course by Dec 2017 or Jan 2018 depending on how much time I have after work

 

[DenisF]

Hi All, glad to be here!
My name is Denis and I want to improve my C and C++ skills.
Objective: Learn C/C++ for career development
Programming experience: C, C++, Delphi, PL/SQL, C#, JS, Java
Current Work: Programmer at SSE
Intended Pace: work full time and plan to complete course by Jan or Feb 2018

 

[Yi Shen]

Objective: To learn C++ for admission to MFE programs.

Programming experience: python, R, matlab, sas programming

Current work: research assistant

Intended pace of program: learn more about cpp

 

[ZhenYi]

hi All~
My name is Zhenyi Cao, i am looking forward to learning more in this online course and keep in touch on the forum.

Something about me~

Objective: To learn C++ for better understanding about financial engineering and prepare for MFE program

Programming experience: python, matlab, C language

Current work: senior student major in Physics

Intended pace of program: I hope I can finish the course in the end of January 2018

 

[Ying S Zhang]

Hi Everybody,

I am Ying. I am looking forward to learn the program with all of you. Hopefully we can learn from and support each other in this forum.

Here are my experiences...

Objective: Admission to MFE programs. Transition into Fintech field.

Programming experience: Beginner level C++ program in college. Very basic R.

Current work: Finance Industry.

Intended pace: This December or January of next year.

 

[Runkun Xie]

Objective: Prepare for MFE programs.

Programming experience: C, Matlab, Python, R

Current work: Senior year in Financial Engineering major

Intended pace: This December or January of next year.

 

[Yanan WANG]

Hi all,

I am Yanan from China. Nice to be here with all of you during this wonderful course. Hopefully we could learn a lot from each other and make impressive progress together!

Objective: Admission to MFE programs.

Programming experience: Python, Stata and basic R.

Current work: In my senior year of Finance major with a minor in Mathematics.

Intended pace: This December.

 

[Mikey V]

Objective: Admission to MFE programs.

Programming experience: R, SAS, some Processing/Java.

Current work: Mathematics -Applied Statistics Undergrad.

Intended pace: This December

 

[Norman Hoang]

Hello all, I'm am looking forward to getting as much out of this course as I can.

Objective: Learn C++ as a prerequisite to MFE programs.

Programming experience: Python, R, C++

Current work: Electrical Engineering

Intended pace: This December

 

[Callie Chen]

Objective: Learn C++ for financial engineering, Learn how to model with C++, Meet people in pursuit of similar objectives

Programming Experience: VBA, Java
Current Work: Analyst at a Broker-Dealer
Intended Pace: ASAP

 

[againstlaw]

Objective: To learn C++ with applications in computational finance

Programming experience: MATLAB, VBA

Current work: Graduate Research Assistant in Civil Engineering

Intended pace of program: November-December 2017

 

[Xinwen Zhang]

Hello all,

Objective: Learn C++ and get prepared for MFE program
Programming Experience: VBA, MATLAB, R (wish I had learnt Python in my first year T.T)
Current Work: Fourth-year student in Toronto
Intended Pace: follow the course planner posted by Andy but squeeze the total time of finishing all 10 levels into 8 weeks

Cheers!

 

[Wanqing Zheng]

Hi everybody, nice to be here.

Objective: Learn C++ for career development

Programming Experience: MATLAB, Python, Stata

Current Work: Student in Renmin University of China

Intended Pace: follow the course planner posted by Andy but squeeze the total time of finishing all 10 levels into 8 weeks

 

[Yixin Peng]

Hi all,

This is Yixin from Beijing, China. Lucky for me to find this interesting course.

Objective: Admission to MFE programs. Have better performance in pricing engine development using Java.

Programming experience: Java, VBA, Python, MATLAB, SAS, Stata.

Current work: Senior consultant in Ernst and Young (China) Advisory, Derivative Valuation Center

Intended pace: With heavy workload, I hope I can finish before DDL Feb, 2018.

 

[lfp]

Objective: Prep for MFE program
Programming experience: None
Current work: Final-year Accounting Undergrad
Intended pace: As fast as possible

 

[alittlegreenpixie]

Objective: Learn C++ for graduate school and future employment
Programming Experience: Have Python experiences
Current Work: NYU Tandon MFE current student
Intended pace: Finish by December, 2017

 

[Yuan Ding]

Objective: Admission to MFE programs.

Programming experience: Learning C++ on coursera, using python in internship.

Current work: Final-year Math Undergrad. Doing an internship at an asset management firm.

Intended pace of program: As soon as possible!

 

[AndyH]

Hi all,

My name is Andy. I discovered this course while looking for a valuation related topic on quantnet. I really enjoyed watching the lecture videos and doing the homework for level 1 and 2, so I decided to enroll.

Objective: Learning an OOP Language

Background: Matlab coding (University) and VBA/SQL (work)

Current work: Risk Manager Asset Management

Intended Pace: Following the recommended schedule, but doing as much work as possibe during upcoming vacation time

 

[Jianchuan Huang]

Hello. nice to meet you all,

Objective: Admission to MFE programs.

Programming experience: No previous experience.

Current work: In my junior year of Automobile Service Engineering

Intended pace: As soon as possible.

 

[Ella Fang]

Hi, All
It is nice to meet every one

Objective: Learn C++ for MFE program
Programming Experience: Java
Current Work: Mechanical Engineering & Financial Mathematics Senior in College
Intended Pace: RQA analyst