<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: KackToodlesQuoteOriginally posted by: QuantJeremyAnyone know anything about the reputation of Barclay's as a quant shop? Heard anything?It's the "MacDonalds'" of quant shops?Erm, how is that? Cheap double burgers? Lots of trans fats? I have a couple of former coworker c...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnQuoteAnyways I better go and borrow a copy of Stroustrup. Good idea. An even better one is always have a copy on your desk for reference. Quotecall sgesvd(jobu, jobvt, m, n, a, lda, s, u, ldu, vt, ldvt, work, lwork, info)This is flat and difficult-to-maintain ...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: NQuoteOriginally posted by: AaronOkay, okay, I withdrew the physics criminal charges. I still don't believe the Lexus can do it. Let's see what the company has to say.Okay...S=1/2 a t^2S=4000fta=32ft/sec^2As long as the Lexus travels 4000 ft in a little less than 16 sec...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: kellyyeHi, everyone! This is really a nice forum! I'm a PhD and I recently got 2 internship offers. One is quant in Fixed income, one is in structured finance. I's hard for me to make a decision! I read the topics on structured finance in this forum and they're really h...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnQuoteOriginally posted by: rmaxFor one-man projects I ask people to do as follows (because they are over-optimistic):a = optimistic durationb = realisticc = pessimisticthen expected = (a + 4b + c)/6This is for each activity in project; we do a risk analysis at...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: KackToodlesQuoteOriginally posted by: lugosI averaged more than that in grad school, working at a synchrotron. I'd regularly stay awake (sans chemical additives) and work with large, smoking, radioactive objects which could kill me for 48 hour shifts.-LugosSynchrotron? ...

<t>Quote80-100 hours a week? This is 16-20 hours per weekday. This is impossible even if the working hours include every minute you are awake and the time when you are eating. Can people sleep for only four to six hours per weekday? This is nonsense. Therefore, I totally agree with you that there is...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: actuaryalfredThe symbolic toolbox in Matlab is nice too. I always try to use it first before using Mathematica. I haven't used Maple so nothing could be said about that.For numerical stuff, Matlab is definitely better than Mathematica.If you use the Matlab symbolic tool...

<t>"You've read the book, we'll get you the job.""Because, we've seen the elephant" "Hedge your career delta""Does your recruiter come with a manual?"Sticking a wavelet transformed message in your logo saying, "we're a lot smarter than other recruiters" or something like that would also be clever, e...

<r>QuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnQuoteOriginally posted by: lugosQuoteThe point is, adding dynamic typing to a language which is statically typed is sillyOK let's assume it is silly (whatever that means). What are the consequences? They may be of no importance for my current application. One ...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: DCFCHowever, I do worry a little bit about Lugos with respect to his suitability for a quant job, and I hope this will be read more a constructive criticism than just my contempt for anyone who can't do C++ properly....Dominic:I'm here to learn: I don't know enough abou...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: fradiavaloQuoteOriginally posted by: lugosQuoteOriginally posted by: AthleticoYDynamic languages may let you do some of the same things more easily, but obviously do not offer as much strong type checking as C++. Python does offer dynamic typing with strong type checkin...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: AthleticoY... I don't get your point about dynamic typing - the whole point of STL and most any template container library is to avoid dynamic typing and intrusive data structures. The error messages can be cryptic but compiler technology is improving. Microsoft's VC8 c...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnQuotemaking me write dirty limericks in STL until my brain ossifies into a walnut.Never thought of STL in that way, but I see what you mean; STL syntax can be extremely cryptic. Debugging templates really burns the grey cells; usually the error is caused by a ...

<t>Dominic:QuoteOriginally posted by: DCFCQuoteC is wonderful: I've written tons of it (mostly device drivers and system code), and I even think it makes good psuedo assembly for numerics. I don't see much of it in my future, unless I become a defense contractor or something.You could go work for a ...