<t>It's a no brainer. I know people (from IIT-M) who went this route joining brand name companies but ended up getting stuck later. A job at Lehman may look like a great opportunity right now but you will need to arm yourself with an advanced degree later anyway. A bachelors degree from IIT and a Ph...

<t>I did this kind of thing when I was looking for a quant job two years ago. What I did was set up several interviews through contacts, flew to NY on my own and while there, stayed with friends (for free). From my experience, I interviewed for jobs which they had to fill almost immediately and so t...

Anybody?

<t>Thanks for the input, guys. Let me clarify. I work in the travel industry and that too a niche area- vacation exchanges. While this is not the only area my company is into, it's the biggest revenue generator. This industry is about 30 years old and my company basically is the market with competit...

<t>Hello everyone,I graduated with a Masters in Computational Finance a little more than two years ago. Unfortunately, I was not able to get a job in Finance right after my graduation. Several factors (no US citizenship, no money etc.) forced me to look outside of finance for a job. I have been work...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: pgeekMC: Dont feel down, ppl from various univs have gone on to the Wall street.I think the point everyone has missed so far is of networking. Being from IIT, u r bound to have "powerful" friends and alumni, use themCompletely agree with pgeek. For an IITian, networking...

Just heard that GS is going to start a Global Mathematical Modeling (or something like that) Group in Bangalore. Anyone know anything about this?

<t>Hi,I have an interview soon with Bear Stearns' FAST division for the position of a quantitative "strategist". The postings in the past have not been too flattering either for Bear Stearns culture or for the role played by a strategist! I would appreciate it if someone could give me some informati...

Hi,I have an interview with CFSB's equity arb group in a couple of days. Would apppreciate any info about the group's activities and/or interview questions I can expect.

I need the Morton and Pliska paper "Optimal portfolio management with transaction costs" ,(1995) Mathematical Finance 5 337-56 over the weekend. I have access to only articles published after 1997 in e-format and my univ. library will be closed over the weekend.Thanks.

Silverside,I would be very interested in the Matlab option for plotting. Could you post soultion please?

Yeah...this would an ideal book to start off with. The writing style is one of the best I have seen in basic books. It does brush some of the details under the carpet, but is a good book to get a flavor of what you can expect to be taught in finance courses.

There is Daoqi Yang's C++ and OO programming for Scientists and Engineers. It is not so much a good scientific computing book as it is a C++ book.

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: exotiqAny recommendations on local airlines? A colleague told me several airlines similar to JetBlue have been springing up over there, but he didn't have any names...Choice 3 is your best bet. I would avoid taking a train in India and most definitely not spend the 16-3...

I believe it's called persistence of vision.