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Daniel Duffy replied to the thread How to utilize a one-year gap to prepare for Quant roles before MSc in Mathematical Finance?.Get John Hull's book and program the models therein in Python and C++. A clear project. A prominent "learn by doing" quote comes from... -
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Tbh, I think a trading bot seems unrealistic, you should rather learn the fundamentals. I would do the following: 1. start with maths... -
Daniel Duffy replied to the thread Lightweight C++ Quiz for Quant Interviews – Looking for Feedback.And maybe critical questions based on versions C++98/C++03 C++11 // C++14 C++17 C++20 just an idea
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Thanks both 🙏 This is really valuable input. I like the idea of mixing different layers: - basics (constructors, copy semantics... -
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Thank you very much for the advice and the course link. I understand now that I should focus on C++ as a core skill and learn numerical...
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Daniel Duffy replied to the thread How to utilize a one-year gap to prepare for Quant roles before MSc in Mathematical Finance?.Python won't help much as a stepping stone to C++. I would learn C++ and not couple it with numerics. Single Responsibility Principle...
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Daniel Duffy replied to the thread How to utilize a one-year gap to prepare for Quant roles before MSc in Mathematical Finance?.C++ Numerical maths
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Daniel Duffy reacted to a_dadresan's post in the thread C++ Online Certificate Students' intro thread with Like.
Hello All, Objective: To strengthen my C++ programming skills for quantitative finance, with a focus on trading, risk, and financial...
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Daniel Duffy replied to the thread Lightweight C++ Quiz for Quant Interviews – Looking for Feedback.1. (First Encounters with Smart Pointers: Unique Pointers) Consider the following code that uses raw pointers: { // Block with...
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Daniel Duffy reacted to Paul Lopez's post in the thread Lightweight C++ Quiz for Quant Interviews – Looking for Feedback with Like.
Another one I like is to have people implement their version of a smart pointer. Can be either unique or shared.
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Daniel Duffy replied to the thread Lightweight C++ Quiz for Quant Interviews – Looking for Feedback.Even higher level We now wish to implement Rectangle and Square in an object-oriented language. The options are: Rectangle is a...
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Daniel Duffy replied to the thread Lightweight C++ Quiz for Quant Interviews – Looking for Feedback.Survival pack 1. Review C++ Syntax: “Survival Syntax’’ We give a list of language features in C++ that we introduced in section 2.7...
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Daniel Duffy reacted to Bouni's post in the thread Lightweight C++ Quiz for Quant Interviews – Looking for Feedback with Like.
I totally agree — nothing replaces the experience of building and debugging a real application. The quiz format is not meant as a...
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Daniel Duffy replied to the thread Graduating with a math PhD soon but not getting any interviews.I did not say "numerical analyst" (like me) but more "quant meets numerics", which is slightly different.
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Daniel Duffy replied to the thread Lightweight C++ Quiz for Quant Interviews – Looking for Feedback.2025 someone at 2018 level requests a 1970-style answer from ChatGPT.