Alan, thanks for the list, it has names I was not aware of.

katastrofa---I'm betting you are/were an astronomer, in which case, what are your recommendations?  (I've applied to the ones I've received.)  I know nothing about getting a recruiter.

Hello all, I'm a postdoc.  I've been applying for quant researcher jobs, mostly at hedge funds.  Some quickly say "we're not interested", I've had one or two interviews, and some of my applications are still making their way through the system (I assume).  And I've run out of names. My lis...

Fantastic, thanks! Your solution does fill the gap. I didn't think about solving the problem by first examining the case of a fair coin; I started by listing all combinations and counting. (As a consequence I did not get the coefficient in brackets.)

<t>This was one question in a pre-interview test. I got about 95% of the way to an analytic solution.Flip an unfair coin N = 10 times. p(heads) = 0.6. (p is irrelevant for the 5%.) You might get:HHHTHTHHTHDefine a group as consecutive flips leading to the same side. (HHH)(T)(H)(T)(HH)(T)(H) has N_gr...

Excellent information. Cochrane's course it is. I will do more research; my background and interest are in the more difficult math/statistics, but gotta start somewhere. Thanks!

<t>Thanks for your response. Better in terms of quality (mostly). I've taken 2 non-finance courses; 1 was terrible, 1 was good. I just need a place to start, so I'll still enjoy a high-quality course on a topic I won't pursue professionally. I don't know the answer to your remaining questions---what...

<r>Howdy all,I'm a long-time lurker starting a fixed-term postdoc soon. My exit from academia is on the horizon and finance is a field I want to explore now. I applied to 3 or 4 quant jobs after my defense but I was not prepared. I've allotted time for one online course; two that start in Jan/Feb ca...