<r>State schools are very good in blackheath, which is why a 5 bedroom house went for 3.5 million pounds there last year...Greenwich is different.I commute daily from there on my scooter, and it is 15 mins in the morning, £2 a day to park, and 10 mins back at night.As to the question about living so...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: pgeekNJ : Do u think having a PhD will work for or against you if u want to move to trading?Hard to generalise, but it worked well for me, and I think it is becoming more and more desireable.At worst, it is irrelevant, I would say. It would be a very rare person nowaday...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: DGTAngel isn't dangerous - if you're worried about crime in London then just don't go to south east London.Islington is a very diverse borough but areas such as Angel, Barnsbury and Clerkenwell are fairly decent. Tony Blair was a resident before he became prime minister...

<t>Actually, no, not great for there. That is actually a tricky place to get to from the normal city-type places.Barbican works, but you actually have lots and lots of places reasonably local to it that the college (University college) use.To save money, though, it always makes sense to travel out o...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: StatTraderThe most direct route to a trading position is via an MBA program. A pretty sizable percentage of traders also make it via a stint in product control. As surprising as it may seem, most traders (even those trading exotics) don't have a particularly strong quan...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: kusaWhat's a problem in asking about the working hours? Of course if I have a job, then I want a better job.I need to know about the work conditions.Now, I work 9 to 5 and of course I have other things to dobeside my work duties.If I need to be there 24/7, then, well th...

<t>In zone 1, the Barbican is worth looking at. It is an unusual style (very 60s/70s), but very convenient for the square mile, and being able to walk to work is a real benefit.A bit further out, Rotherhithe/Canada Water has lots of modern apartments, and is very good for anyone who will work in Can...

<t>If I may just add an opinion, I'd say to put Bloomberg out of your mind completely. As has been said, do not reject Bloomberg until you have to (it is a free option that you are holding), but the two really cannot be compared. Bloomberg is a news and data provider, with some basic maths to give p...

<t>OK, many points to answer, so I will do each briefly. Cap volatility is not flat in any dimension. Swaptions are not only provided ATM, there is a liquid market in lots of strikes in the major currencies. Volatility for saptions and caps can indeed be "mixed". For example, a six month - six month...

<t>Can you explain a bit more what you are looking for? A cube is just a 3d table of option volatilities. You interpolate and extrapolate to cover prices that are not on an exact node, but, other than that, it is just a lookup table.People are moving a way from a cube to a parameterization now, wher...

Quite a bit, yes. What do you want to know?

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperQuoteOriginally posted by: NorthernJohnQuoteOriginally posted by: ppauper>> Reduce Asian accent>>I have realized that I have a heavy English accent.which is it ? or has the UK gone so far to the dogs that the 2 are now 1 and the same ?Your post makes no sense. in...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: spiceQuoteOriginally posted by: ThinkDifferentQuoteOriginally posted by: spiceThat's surprisingly low. Even as a quant, one would be able to get 150% to 200% in the first year.I do not know a single quant who got >100% bonus in the first year.I do. Why not? Bearing in m...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: ppauper>> Reduce Asian accent>>I have realized that I have a heavy English accent.which is it ? or has the UK gone so far to the dogs that the 2 are now 1 and the same ?Your post makes no sense. The original poster was clearly saying that he speaks in heavily accented E...

You could ask that you only pay it back if they decide to let you go, and not if you choose to go yourself. This would be fair, I think, and does not look like a bad thing to ask.