C++ Online Certificate Students' intro thread

[Wei Tao]

Hi all, I am a math student studying in NY.
Objective: Learn C++ for Admission to MFE programs.
Programming experience: Java.
Current work: Final-year Math Education graduate student.
Intended pace: Not sure. Hopefully could make it before the final deadline.

 

[Jose Cespedes]

Hello everyone. Pleased to be part of this great site.

Objective: Learn C++ for MFE program
Programming experience: VBA, MATLAB, introductory courses in my undergrad (12 years ago haha)
Current work: Fixed Income/Sovereign Assets
Intended pace: There are certain times when one must forgo all other pleasures life has to offer... just for a moment.... Juggling between a GRE retake, a million projects at work, taking the CFA Level II this June and applying to school... so I guess, turtle-esque pace looms XD.

 

[HITESH KAPOOR]

hi There,

My name is Hitesh and I am a phd in engineering stream. Working in financial consulting firm in London for 2 years now. I am looking to get into investment banks modeling groups and top mfe programs. I hope this course will help me achieve my goals.

Thanks,

 

[Tao Ye]

Hello everyone, it's nice to meet you.
I am a Chinese student and want to pursue a master in Financial Engineering.
Objective: Learn C++ for Admission to MFE programs.
Programming experience: a little Python
Current work: an analyst researcher in a private security fund

 

[Zhuangzhuang Han]

Hi all,

I am Zhuangzhuang, a 6th year Ph.d. in psychometrics from Columbia University.
Objective: Practice my C++ skill in the domain of quant finance; be open to altering my future directions to quant finance.
Programming experience: Expert in R; a little bit in C++
Current work: TA for the data-mining in quantitative social science

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Hi all,

I am Zhuangzhuang, a 6th year Ph.d. in psychometrics from Columbia University.
Objective: Practice my C++ skill in the domain of quant finance; be open to altering my future directions to quant finance.
Programming experience: Expert in R; a little bit in C++
Current work: TA for the data-mining in quantitative social science

Completing this course and the advanced C++ course would put you ahead of many applicants in the field. I think it will be a huge edge for you from what I've seen. Good luck.

 

[Jeet Oza]

Hi all,

I am Jeet Oza from India and want to pursue a master in Financial Engineering.
Objective: Learn C++ for Admission to MFE programs.
Programming experience: Java, Little Python, R and MATLAB
Current work: A Quant strategist at Investment Bank

 

[KUNSHAN TU]

Objective: Learn C++ for MFE program to MFE program and apply to work

Programming Experience: Matlab

Current Work: Last year finance student

Intended Pace: April 2018

 

[Rameneagles]

Hi all, I am a dude preparing for MFE from Calie.

Objective: Learn C++ for admission to MFE programs and use what i learn in practice

Programming Exp.: VBA, Python, C++

Current Work: non preparing for masters.

Intended pace: April, 2018

 

[Xuguang Cao]

Hi guys, I am currently a student of OSU
Objective: MFE admissions
Programming Experience: Java, R, VBA
Current Work: Student
Intended pace: Finish by April

 

[Frank Way]

Objective: Admission to MFE programs
Programming Experience: Java, C++
Current Work: Programmer
Intended pace: April, 2018

 

[Jzhan]

Objective: Learn C++ for a programming job

Programming experience: NONE

Current work: Student

Intended pace: As soon as possible

 

[Daniel Duffy]

Objective: Learn C++ for a programming job

Programming experience: NONE

Current work: Student

Intended pace: As soon as possible

There are quite a few students who do this course with no programming experience but with dedication and support from the friendly TAs I think you'll be fine.
Good luck!

 

[GregoryY]

Hello All,

Objective: Recap and bolster C++ knowledge for MFE program
Programming Experience: 2.5 years of C#, basic C and C++ in university studying E&E
Current Work: Software Developer (Microsoft .net, C#)
Intended Pace: Going to challenge myself to finish 1 level per week

 

[Yue Tan]

Hi all, I am an economy student from China.

Objective: Learn C++ to improve my coding ability and statistic analyzing skill. Also wanting to apply for admission to MFE programs and future jobs.

Programming Exp.: python

Current Work: Student

Intended pace: Wish to finish the course during the winter vacation.

 

[Xiaohui Li]

Hi, nice to meet you all.
I am a Math/Econ student.

Objective: Learn C++ for MFE
Programming experience: Java, Python, R, MATLAB
Current work: Final-year undergraduate
Intended pace: ASAP

 

[Divyanshu Singhal]

Hello Everyone,
It is a pleasure to meet you all.
I am currently working with EY in a Market Risk Management Role. I have over 2+years of relevant experience. I am also writing my CFA L2 in June.

Objective: Learn C++ for MFE, and also improve the quality of deliverables and understanding at work
Programming experience: Python and C++ (beginner's level)
Current work: EY
Intended pace: I plan to finish it in the intended deadline of 13 weeks.

 

[Gongyi Chen]

Hello ALL, I'm an actuarial science student from UIUC

Objective: Admission to a top ranked MFE programs and improve my programming skill

Programming experience: R, Java, and a little bit Python

Current work: Junior student

Intended pace: Hopefully before May

 

[Zhaofeng Liao]

Hello all, I'm very excited to join this course and can't wait to explore this whole new world!

Objective: To enhance my programming skills for admission to MFE programs.

Programming experience: VBA, R and a little bit of Matlab

Current work: An analyst at an Investment Bank

Intended pace of program: My plan is to finish the courses by the end of Feb to mid-March. It really depends on the current workflow, if I'm not too occupied with my job.

 

[Richard_XieZhenshou]

Hello all, I'm a finance major junior undergrad from Fudan Univeristy, China.
Look forward to learning from the course as well as from ya all in the following weeks.

Objective: Admission to a top ranked MFE programs

Programming experience: C++/Python/Java/R

Current work: Junior undergrad

Intended pace: Hopefully within 8 weeks