Do I need the C++ course?

[fatcatking]

I am a fall 2025 applicant. I have the following background from college courses and experiences:

1. C++ programming course which also ventured into object oriented programming (forgotten it a bit though)
2. Python programming course (machine learning)
3. Basics of SQL and databases in a health informatics course
4. An year-long object oriented programming experience in python (coding deep architectures)
5. 5-6 months of back-testing experience in Java in my current role

As for floating point arithmetic, I covered it in another course I did in college, called Numerical analysis. I also did a course called Numerical methods in PDEs which covered finite difference methods in MATLAB.

I know most of the basic programming principles, and object oriented programming concepts in Python (like inheritance). The only problem I have is with C++ object oriented programming, the pointers and the likes. They make me fret a bit for now. How do I solve this? Would you still recommend me to take the course?

 

[Paul Lopez]

I am a fall 2025 applicant. I have the following background from college courses and experiences:

1. C++ programming course which also ventured into object oriented programming (forgotten it a bit though)
2. Python programming course (machine learning)
3. Basics of SQL and databases in a health informatics course
4. An year-long object oriented programming experience in python (coding deep architectures)
5. 5-6 months of back-testing experience in Java in my current role

As for floating point arithmetic, I covered it in another course I did in college, called Numerical analysis. I also did a course called Numerical methods in PDEs which covered finite difference methods in MATLAB.

I know most of the basic programming principles, and object oriented programming concepts in Python (like inheritance). The only problem I have is with C++ object oriented programming, the pointers and the likes. They make me fret a bit for now. How do I solve this? Would you still recommend me to take the course?

Absolutely I'd devour both of them!

 

[Daniel Duffy]

The only problem I have is with C++ object oriented programming, the pointers and the likes. They make me fret a bit for now. How do I solve this?


QN C++ course

 

[Paul Lopez]

Honestly I'd do the python course too.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Would you still recommend me to take the course?

Learn it because you want to get a job in this industry, not just to get into some MFE programs.
Majority of the daily task for majority of people with an MFE degree will be working with data, writing/fixing scripts, coding. The better you are with the tools of the trade, the more job security you will have.