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Hi,
I'm now to programming though have a pretty advanced working knowledge of excel VBA (loops, pivot creation, data cleanup). But obviously you can only do so much with VBA before things get very slow.
Wanted to know your thoughts on my below plan:
1) Go through some MIT opencourseware on C++ and get a finance-centric C++ book.
2) Learn Mysql
3) Learn C#
Getting sellable skill sets are always a goal.
Overall:
I just want to get better at handling data and automation. Everything is in Excel right now which works fine but just isn't fast enough or slick enough.
Initial project would be to do some easy calculations on pulled bloomberg data that is made available on the web and other marketing materials.
Is Mysql the right place to start for storing data? I've been googling but it looks like you would need an intermediary to pull from bbg (R or C#?) and then push that into your MySql database?
I chose C++ because it looks to be stable and like a standard. Chose C# because it is similar to C++ but would offer the ability to increase productivity when things just need to get done.
Long-ish term:
Would want to get into creating trading tools for use by our desk. Backtesting index methodology.
Basically I don't want to get fired when I get old.
Thanks!
(and sorry I am very new to this)
I'm now to programming though have a pretty advanced working knowledge of excel VBA (loops, pivot creation, data cleanup). But obviously you can only do so much with VBA before things get very slow.
Wanted to know your thoughts on my below plan:
1) Go through some MIT opencourseware on C++ and get a finance-centric C++ book.
2) Learn Mysql
3) Learn C#
Getting sellable skill sets are always a goal.
Overall:
I just want to get better at handling data and automation. Everything is in Excel right now which works fine but just isn't fast enough or slick enough.
Initial project would be to do some easy calculations on pulled bloomberg data that is made available on the web and other marketing materials.
Is Mysql the right place to start for storing data? I've been googling but it looks like you would need an intermediary to pull from bbg (R or C#?) and then push that into your MySql database?
I chose C++ because it looks to be stable and like a standard. Chose C# because it is similar to C++ but would offer the ability to increase productivity when things just need to get done.
Long-ish term:
Would want to get into creating trading tools for use by our desk. Backtesting index methodology.
Basically I don't want to get fired when I get old.
Thanks!
(and sorry I am very new to this)