Whether to take C++ certificate

[Gavin L]

Perhaps it is redundant to ask this on a site that delivers the course, but I was wondering if the course would be suitable for me, given my background and stage in academic career. I will be beginning my third year of undergraduate maths and statistics in March (southern hemisphere semesters) and I have some experience in Matlab and C in scientific contexts (differential equations, linear algebra and matrices) as well as some brief exposure to methods like the MCMC (Monte Carlo Markov chain) method, and R for statistics. I am considering MFEs or PhDs after my fourth year (my course is 4 years incl honours).

Would now be a suitable time to get the C++ certificate or should I place my time more wisely elsewhere? (I have about 2 months in the summer which is 'free', at the moment). Thanks!

 

[Daniel Duffy]

I advise the course, I wrote it. Maybe it's a bit biased...

A good idea is to benchmark the competitors in terms of content, relevance and TA support. I have not seen anything to equal it, seriously.

AFAIR you need ~ 16 weeks to complete QN C++ course.

 

[Gavin L]

I think I will begin the course in late December. I want to get ahead on the C++ part of things - I should be able to move onto books and more self-testing after the course.

Thanks.

 

[Daniel Duffy]

After the course, there's C++11, Boost, the world
Good luck.

C++ is a great investment.

 

[Vinayak Maheswaran]

After the course, there's C++11, Boost, the world
Good luck.

C++ is a great investment.

I couldn't agree more with this statement. I've heard that an average senior C++ programmer in finance gets anywhere between $150K and $250K/yr. Is this true?