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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stefan Zota" data-source="post: 14501" data-attributes="member: 963">Basically yes. However it is not an easy answer. All MFE programs are pretty short so time trade-off is difficult. C++ is not ignored intentionally, just that time may be considered more valuable in other areas. One proffessor may want to cover in significant detail a specific theory or model, another may want students to implement as much as possible. A third one, may want students to run testing and calibrate the model using a specific framework. Each approach may work just fine. From my point of view it is essential to have a couple of clear goals and know which skills you need to achieve it. If the program maps to your goals then all is great and you become "marketable".If not, then it was just a tour through a set of abstract math without any use ...</blockquote>