Aspiring Quant

[Angipapi]

I am 16 and looking to start educating myself on Quantitative finance. My maths knowledge is Calculus 1-3, Ordinary Differential Equations and Linear Algebra, I have coding experience in Python. Within the next 2 years I will take Probability and Statistics and PDEs.
Looking at the forums here and other sites like YouTube I find conflicting advise on what you would need to pursue a Quant career.
Would Willmott's book on Quantitative finance or J hull's book on derivatives be considered an industry standard?
I am very lost on where I should go next.

 

[Daniel Duffy]

16 (school kid) and you know about PDE and Paul Wilmott?


for PDE this book is most up to date

Numerical Methods in Computational Finance: A Partial Differential Equation (PDE/FDM) Approach

<p>This book is a detailed and step-by-step introduction to the mathematical foundations of ordinary and partial differential equations, their approximation by the finite difference method and applications to computational finance. The book is structured so that it can be read by beginners...

www.wiley.com

 

[Angipapi]

I've seen you on this thread quite frequently and it seems like you have a wide range of expertise and are always pushing other to look at subjects from different perspectives. Thanks for the PDEs book I will make sure to look into it. After that what finance book would you recommend?
I am looking into stochastic processes and Calculus from 'Mathematical Method of Finance'.
What other maths courses would you say I should do, Real Analysis?
Would you recommend focusing more on maths for now?

 

[Daniel Duffy]

Are you really only 16?

BTW your questions are chaotic.

 

[Angipapi]

Unfortunately Yes.
I feel lost as for what to learn next

 

[Daniel Duffy]

C++, then.

 

[Angipapi]

Up to what level should I pursue C++?
From your comment I am assuming you are saying to leave Maths and Finance until later?

 

[Daniel Duffy]

You're too young. What do you do for fun?

 

[Angipapi]

Going above and beyond what school requires for me does not mean I cannot have hobbies.

 

[Angipapi]

General question but do you find that as you get older things become easier to understand?

 

[Daniel Duffy]

General question but do you find that as you get older things become easier to understand?

Yes.
It's people I don't understand.
You are quite precocious for a 16-year old. Are you at a public school.

 

[Angipapi]

After all you aren't a quantitative psychologist.

 

[Daniel Duffy]

After all you aren't a quantitative psychologist.

But I met the scholars.

 

[Angipapi]

And I met superman
I go to a public school

 

[Daniel Duffy]

And I met superman
I go to a public school

What about a career in Greek (Ancient, of course) and Politics?

 

[Angipapi]

I am Greek and when I am done with my GCSEs I will spend a great deal of time educating myself on world history and politics.

Ancient Greek mythology has always seemed beautiful to me (also architecture) but I am also interested in the history of great empires and their fall

 

[Daniel Duffy]

Wow, a man for all seasons.

 

[Angipapi]

Back in the day one man used to be a philosopher, mathematician, scientist and theologian. Learning gives me more ways to express my thought and expand my imagination

 

[Daniel Duffy]

Robert Boyle!
Take care of your punctuation.

 

[Angipapi]

I must admit talking to you have been exceedingly fun. <—full stop here for you