fauxjohn
02-23-2007, 06:26 AM
Hi to all.
In the last couple of years, I have realised that a quant role in Finance is ideal for me as it combines my two passions in life -the financial markets and mathematics.
I am currently writing up my PhD thesis (Civil Engineering, Structural dynamics) and I have a quant interview lined up.
I have been studying interview type problems and I have been struck by a couple of things:
1) I absolutely love solving these types of questions
2) I was in a far better position to answer them some years ago. In my PhD, I have not being working in theoretical mathematics, but rather extrapolating known structural dynamic models and experiments to form cutting edge research. In the process, I realise that the type of mathematics needed here is quite rusty with me. No doubt I would get it back easily and excel if I studied it for a while.
Thus, I would love to know if there is some kind of 3 month lone or so program in the world that teaches the fundamentals of a quant role (C++, black-scholes etc) so I can say with utter confidence that I am ready.
All help will be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks,
John
In the last couple of years, I have realised that a quant role in Finance is ideal for me as it combines my two passions in life -the financial markets and mathematics.
I am currently writing up my PhD thesis (Civil Engineering, Structural dynamics) and I have a quant interview lined up.
I have been studying interview type problems and I have been struck by a couple of things:
1) I absolutely love solving these types of questions
2) I was in a far better position to answer them some years ago. In my PhD, I have not being working in theoretical mathematics, but rather extrapolating known structural dynamic models and experiments to form cutting edge research. In the process, I realise that the type of mathematics needed here is quite rusty with me. No doubt I would get it back easily and excel if I studied it for a while.
Thus, I would love to know if there is some kind of 3 month lone or so program in the world that teaches the fundamentals of a quant role (C++, black-scholes etc) so I can say with utter confidence that I am ready.
All help will be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks,
John