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by quantro
April 10th, 2006, 6:19 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: CV template in latex
Replies: 10
Views: 119249

CV template in latex

QuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperout of curiosity, is there a way to generate .doc (or .rtf or whatever word spits out) output from tex/latex ?Apparently, there is, here.
by quantro
December 14th, 2005, 8:04 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: International Volunteer program--SG
Replies: 9
Views: 128087

International Volunteer program--SG

<r>Oops...J,The "International Voluntary Program" is a replacement of the CSNE, which was a "civil" form of the military service in France. Now that the military service in France is not mandatory anymore, the CSNE was replaced by the VIE : Volontariat International en Entreprise ("Corporate Volunta...
by quantro
December 14th, 2005, 7:46 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: International Volunteer program--SG
Replies: 9
Views: 128087

International Volunteer program--SG

by quantro
September 22nd, 2005, 7:49 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: The CQF
Replies: 67
Views: 158223

The CQF

<t>All irony and bad jokes aside, what I meant to say was that if OvH got hired by a big investment house without completing the programme, and is now a successful professional in the field, he probably did *not* need to take the CQF in the first place. It seems to me he did not try very hard to mak...
by quantro
September 21st, 2005, 6:42 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: The CQF
Replies: 67
Views: 158223

The CQF

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: OvHI'm glad your experience of the CQF was so good. But I think that the statement is exaggerated by a factor of about 982739482389472398. I work at one of the biggest and well known houses and no one in my team of 15 quants has even heard of this program. Only 2 of the...
by quantro
June 26th, 2005, 5:10 pm
Forum: Brainteaser Forum
Topic: Dealing cards
Replies: 15
Views: 147692

Dealing cards

<t>Tristanreid, I like your reasoning but I don't get the same figures.Like you said, there are 13c3 ways of choosing the 3 cards.But there are only 12c2 possibilities if 2 is among the cards dealt.So, the number of cases if we want 2 to remain is 13c3 - 12c2 = 220 (=12c3 which is logic because it m...
by quantro
June 22nd, 2005, 7:37 pm
Forum: Brainteaser Forum
Topic: Magic (binary) cube
Replies: 3
Views: 146211

Magic (binary) cube

Thanks bhutes... Now I get it.The problem is even harder than I thought, and like you said, brute force seems to be out of the way...Cube symmetry could help to reduce the number of cases, or find new constraints between digits, I'll try to give it a look.Quantro
by quantro
June 20th, 2005, 4:40 pm
Forum: Brainteaser Forum
Topic: Magic (binary) cube
Replies: 3
Views: 146211

Magic (binary) cube

I am not sure I understand the problem...Isn't it 64 signatures ? (2^6)...Quantro
by quantro
June 18th, 2005, 5:37 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Job in Korea
Replies: 4
Views: 147411

Job in Korea

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: paboHi,Does anyone know how to get a quant job in Korea without having to speak Korean?I know they like their structured products so someone must be pricing them and putting them together!PaboHello all !Trying to revive this thread... Just like Pabo I would like to know...