I'm not a hong kong wilmotter, but I'm passing through hong kong this thursday&friday night and wouldn't be averse to a few pints... Do hong kong wilmotters drink? From the replies to this thread, it appears not....

<t>There was a show on the history channel recently about the triangle. They were claiming that there are unusually large methane deposites under the ocean floor in that region that bubble up to the surface. Sometimes, perhaps due to an undersea landslide, there would be a large release of methane, ...

<t>To elaborate on why Fortran is used--For the most part, it is used so much in science because it is used so much in science. Professors used it, so their students use it. Existing code is in Fortran, so new code is in Fortran. It gets the job done. Also, it is much easier to learn Fortran than C+...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: Cuchulainnlifo,LU decomposition Fortarn versus C++? Which is faster and by how much?Using the same compiler--(intel Fortran versus intel C++) and the same implementation--same algorithm & equivalent data types, I expect no significant difference in speed. Now if you...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: rogersdoes Fortran have free-download version.Yes--intel's Fortran compiler for windows is available for a free 30 day evaluation period. For linux, they have a free for non-comercial use version. It's very fast, much faster than the free gnu g77 that comes with most li...

Hi--I really need information about usual 1st year (un-guaranteed) bonuses for front office quants (as % of base salary). Any general guidelines or anecdotal evidence would be greatly appreciated, either posted here or by pm. Many thanks in advance.

<t>For those interested, the brainbench exams (including c++) appear to be free until the 15th of the month. See here for details. This test was (is?) used by at least one hedge fund to evaluate C++ compentencey. It's a good chance to take it for free instead of the usual $50. Quote11/1/05 - FREE TE...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: Cuchulainn> all the steps that a linker goes throughNo question on things like how to write a binomial method in C++, for example? Just curious. Not from Citadel--just a lot of tough stuff, but no coding. Aside from Citadel, only one interviewer ever asked me to code an...

<t>I had an online c++ test followed up by a phone interview with them last year. The online exam is given by brainbench.com. You can (pay and) sign up for practice tests and practice until you score well before you take the real thing. The phone interview was much more in depth, asking things like ...

It looks like I'm going. I haven't gone before. What's the main point... good talks, networking...?

<t>Thanks MJ and DavidJN. So the S&P should have a more or less normal distribution then? A bit distorted, perhaps, due to some correlation? For perfect correlations, this goes against my intuition for how a good model should behave. I'm going to have to do some simulating to satisfy my curiosit...

<t>I'm trying to figure out summing lognormals...If you have lognormal stock prices, and create a basket of 100 stocks, the basket price should be lognormal too, right? Yet I hear it said that lognormals sum to normals.What about perfectly correlated lognormals: dX_1 = X_1*dW dX_2 = 2 *X_2*dWThen wh...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: DCFCThe only way you could possibly do this is with a serious C++ guy personally tutoring you,, and even then you'd probably fail.Probably so, but it's either a class or nothing. I called the only place I could google that offered an advanced course. They suggested a pr...

Anyone know of any 1-week crash courses in advanced c++ (beyond the learning-tree type intro course) in new york? Either google has failed me or c++ isn't very popular anymore...many thanks in advance.

Does anyone have any info on current base salary and signing/relocation bonus for new PhDs on wall street?Also, how much negotiation is usual for the base and bonuses (for one's first quant job)?