C++ Online Certificate Students' intro thread

[MrBigChest]

Hi everybody I recently got accepted into CMU MSCF. I am trying to finish this course as a prerequisite to join the program.

Programming Experience: Bunch of Java during undergrad years, some Python, SQL, Matlab
Current Work: Management consultant
Intended Pace: Complete by mid June

 

[geoffreyzhao]

Hello, my name is Geoffrey.
Objective: Learn C++ for computational finance
Programming Experience: Python, R
Current Work: Manager at bank
Intended Pace: complete by August

 

[EricLi]

Hello, my name is Shuoyang Li and I am completing this course to get myself familiar with C++.

Objective: Learn C++ for computational finance
Programming Experience: Python, SQL, Matlab
Current Work: Hedge Fund Analyst
Intended Pace: Complete by June

 

[seabass]

Hello, my name is Sebastian.

Objective: Learn C++ for Mathematical Finance program prep
Programming Experience: Python, SQL, R
Current Work: Derivatives Trader
Intended Pace: Complete by end of August

 

[atreish]

Hey there, my name is Atreish.

Objective: Learn C++ for Financial Mathematics / Pre-MFE program
Programming Experience: None
Current Work: Accounting / Mathematics Student at Baruch College
Intended Pace: To be completed in 14-16 weeks

 

[aspleyquant]

Hello, my name is Murad.

Objective: Learn C++ for computational finance
Programming Experience: Python
Current work: Undergraduate student
Intended Pace: To be completed ASAP.

 

[ZHAOYAN ZHOU]

Hello World

 

[Daniel Duffy]

Hello World

std::cout << "Hello World, C++ rocks" << '\n';

 

[turbopro]

Hi,

I'm Vern.

Objective: Complete this course as pre-requisite for Computational Finance program
Experience: C, C++, Python, R, Ruby
Work Experience: Programme Analyst, Network Eng, Telecom Eng
Pace: As quickly as possible

 

[Raphael Hu]

Hi there,

I'm Raphael.

Objective: Complete this C++ course as the pre-requisite for Finance Engineering program
Experience: Python
Work Experience: student for 10+ years
Pace: Within 16 Weeks

 

[Vineet Luthra]

Hi there,

My name is Vineet.

Objective: Learn C++ for computational finance
Experience: Python, R, SQL
Work Experience: Data Scientist
Pace: As soon as possible

 

[magggggie]

Hello everyone, so excited to be here.

Objective: Learn C++ to meet programming requirement by CMU MSCF program.

Programming experience: STATA, A little MATLAB, Mathematica

Current work: Just graduated from college

Intended pace of program: July 7th

 

[Morgan Hunt]

Hello everyone!

Objective: Learn C++ coding skills for courses and future jobs
Programming Experience: Python, R, Stata, Matlab
Current Work: Economics PhD student and adjunct professor
Intended pace: finish within the 16 weeks, by end of August would be preferable

 

[Jollyraven]

Hi everyone!

Objective: Polish my rusty C++ programming skill and know C++11/C++14
Programming Experience: Python, VBA, Matlab & R
Current Work: VA Hedging
Intended pace: To be completed as soon as possible

 

[Zirui Wang]

Hi Everyone, I'm Judy. Nice to meet you here!

Objective: Prepare for FE master program
Programming Experience: Python, R, Stata, SQL
Current Work: An undergraduate student major in Finance
Intended Pace: To be completed in about 6 weeks

 

[EmilyXu]

Hi all!

Objective: Learn C++ for admission to MFE programs

Programming Experience: Python, R

Current Work: University student major in finance

Intended pace: this summer, hopefully!

 

[kaixin zhang]

Hi, I am Katrina, a math student now in Montreal.

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Objective:​

To learn C++ for admission to MFE programs.

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Programming experience:​

zero programming experience

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Current work:​

University student in McGill

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Intended pace of program:​

Not really sure now.​

 

[RuofanMeng]

Hi Everyone, I'm Ruofan Meng.

Objective: To prepare for my master program

Programming Experience: Python, Stata

Current Work: An undergraduate student major in Mathematical Economics and Mathematical Finance

Intended Pace: As soon as possible

 

[Shan Luan]

Hello My name is Shan.
Objective:
Programming Experience: R, STATA
Current Work: just completed my Master degree in Public Administration
Intended Pace: July

 

[Mamadou Diallo]

Hello my name is Mamadou Diallo

Objective: Get started with programming in order to switch career from civil engineering to finance and computation.
Current Work: Assistant Civil Engineer
Any advice on how to switch career will be greatly appreciated.