C++ Online Certificate Students' intro thread

[ewert]

Hi All!
Objective: Improve my programming skill in C++
Programming experience: C#, C, VB.NET, SQL, basic Python and R
Current work: student, management consulting intern
Intended pace of program: end of 2012 or start of 2013

 

[amberhooo]

Hi Everyone, glad to be here
Objective: Learn C++ for financial modeling
Programming Experience: Matlab, VBA, R
Current Work: Analyst
Intended Pace: ASAP

 

[Daniel Young]

hi everyone! i'm ready for this challenge! been super busy but now let's rock 'n roll!

 

[Jamiegpc]

Hey everyone!

Objective: Learn C++ for MAFN/MSCF program
Programming Experience: VBA, R, SPSS, STATA, EViews
Current Work: Portfolio Solutions/Portfolio Management Intern
Intended Pace: Fast.. I hope

 

[linjiesu]

Hi all,

Objective: Learn C++ for MFE program and future work
Programming Experience: I have take C course in my college yrs
Current Work: Graduated from a science master program and be ready to apply for MFE
Intended pace: Finish by December

 

[Leslie Wang]

Hello everyone! I name is Leslie. Glad that I have finally found this forum and met you here.

Objective: Learning C++ programming for MFE application and also for future work in quantitative finance.
Programming experience: Almost none. Though I took C programming 7 years ago and learned some MATLAB, I have forgot most of them.
Current work: PhD student.
Intended pace of program: I am not sure, but I will try my best.

 

[AshMar]

Hello everyone! Glad to be a part of the gang!

Objective: Brush up my C++ that's rusty - at best - after 6 years of gap in programming for/at work

Programming Exp.: 10+ years of professional experience as a Software Engineer - using multiple languages/technologies (C++, C#, Smalltalk, Oracle, DB2 and other RDBMS, Java etc. etc.)

Current Work: Trading/Hedging/Risk Management of client books comprising of spot Currencies and Commodities

Intended pace: Complete this as early as I possibly can. Current aim is to do it in 10 weeks.

 

[rosexu]

Objective： Learning C++ for the admission of MFE
Progamming Experience: VB & C#
Current Work: Undergraduate student in finance
Intended Pace of Program: as soon as possible~~~~

 

[shadhin]

Hello
I am Shadhin, I recently finished my masters in Finance. I will not attend MFE program but I am trying to get in the modeling HFT area. I have bachelors in Computer Science. I am trying to brush up my c++.

I have a few years of experience with Perl, bash and python

 

[Lakshmen]

Hi,

Objective： Learning C++ for the admission of MFE
Progamming Experience: Iphone development, Python, Web development, MATLAB
Current Work: Mobile Application Developer
Intended Pace of Program: as soon as possible~~~~

Watch this video(http://www.youtube.com/course?list=ECAE85DE8440AA6B83&feature=plcp) by bucky from newboston. It goes through the basics in C++ step by step.. Hope this helps to those willing to learn...

 

[Lingfeng Luo]

Objective: Learn C++ for MFE program
Programming Experience: Java
Current Work: Undergraduate Columbia University Student
Intended Pace: Want to finish it at the end of 2012

 

[xuanhahala]

Hello all!
Objective: Learn C++ for MFE program
Programming Experience: Python, VBA, some C++
Current Work: College Student
Intended Pace: as fast as possible

 

[Alireza Kashef]

Hi all!

Objective: Practice C++ for application to quantitative jobs and the MFE program
Programming Experience: MATLAB, Pascal, QBasic and some C/C++, Python, VBA
Current Work: In transition from engineering to finance
Intended Pace: as fast as possible

 

[Hussain Bukannan]

Objective: Learn C++ for a Masters degree in Quantitative Finance
Programming experience: Python and R
Current work: Post-Baccalaureate student studying math
Intended pace of program: Spend any free time I don't have to study for classes working on my C++ and finish whatever material I have remaining during Winter Break.

 

[Mauro Hamz]

Hello everyone! My name is Mauro Hamz.

Objective: Learn C++ for admission and work as MFE

Programming experience: Just a little bit of C

Current work: Business owner

Intended pace of program: As fast as I can

 

[Xiaohuidahui]

Objective: Learn C++ for MFE program,

Programming Experience: Basic C++
Current Work: Math Student
Intended Pace: Depends on my course load .

 

[jean-mathieu vermosen]

Hi everyone, my name is Jean-Mathieu Vermosen.

Objective: practice C++, targetting admission next year in MFE programs

Programming experience: VBA, VB.Net, some C++ and R

Current Work: Fixed Income Portfolio Manager

Intended Pace of program: End of January

 

[Alex Yaroslavskiy]

Hi everyone. My name is Alex Yaroslavskiy, and I am a student at Baruch College majoring in Math. Nice to meet you all.

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

Programming experience: Little to none. Took a basic undergraduate course.

Current work: Student

Intended pace of program: I am going to try to do one level every 7-10 days until winter break. During that time, I will try to finish up most or all of the coursework before spring semester begins.

 

[Jingxuan]

Objective: Learn C++ for future applications in my career or possibly MFE program. Learn programming in C++ and its various applications in finance industry. Get to know people with similar objectives.
Programming Experience: C, Fortran, R, MATLAB, Java
Current Work: Graduate student
Intended Pace: Still not sure, I will adapt my pace to the difficulty of the topics to ensure both sound progress and solid understanding.

 

[Tianjiao Wang]

Objective: Admission to MFE programs.

Programming experience: JAVA

Current work: senior year Statistics major

Intended pace: not sure