By no mean I'm strugling...I live a very comfortable life but we have to recognize that the cost of living here is a madness...when I tell some of my friends what I have to pay fir: rent/transportation/cinema ... they can't believe it. But , as I have said, I'm not struggling.

<t>" ...You will not be able to save anything in New York City on a $250 K salary "Are you serious? child is coming so school right now is not priority..but 100k in London allows you to save some money...and wrt to travel time...do you know the infamous district line (or any other in London)?? I fin...

and by the way...after tax,rent and children neither of both salaries allows for a ferrary, porsche or similar..I wonder where the hell all my current neighbours work...I couldn't afford 3 kids and Porsche!

<r>My apologies for How I placed the question, but it is a real one, and I think it is necessary to state the figures to do that comparison. I know both are (at least for me) very good salaries and more that I could expect , is just I that would like to have first hand information from people who ha...

<t>Choice between 2 offers:Bank - GBP 110K London (+ Bonus ranging 40% to 100% (optimistic)) Vs (No Bank but finance related Company)USD (190-210)K NYC (+ 10% to 25% Bonus) I'm Based In London and I know (almost) everything about the outrageous cost of living in here, but have doubt wrt NYC (only be...

One good friend of mine works in DF (as a Quant) I could check with him (or if they are looking for smbdy in his Bank) PM a brief description of your profile if you want..

And even if you do not require Visa (it's my case...DV lottery winner)it's not easy at all to find a job from overseas

<t>well..in my case I try to use weekends...I usually wake up early and I manage to get about 4 hours till my wife wake up...anyway, the fact of studying at home after long hours at the desk almost cost me my marriage...women requires way too much attention!!!!Another option is staying at the office...

<t>maybe a silly question,having been working in the exotic credit/IR side of the business, a recent promotion is making me start to interact with the credit flow people. Have to say that this guys do not even know what a quant is...and, of course, they do not know what we do/could do for them...nei...

<t>thanks for your answers...what you say, lballabio, makes sense from the development point of view, but my main concern was regarding final users (traders/structuring teams) ass they must (should) use the officially deployed library. In that sense my thoughts were in line whit jim comment : core l...

<t>not sure if this is the most adequate forum for this question...As I work for a small bank (Quants are based in a single geography) I really would like to know how things work in a bigger one:-Do quants in (let's say NY and London) contribute to the same library or they are independent to a certa...

Is credit really fashionable? that's not my experience ...let me know about any bank expanding its credit derivatives teams as I would be willing to talk to them

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: plusTo boil is to bring a substance to a high enough temperature that it goes from being a liquid to being a gas. You could do this for a large amount of the water contained in the egg easily, however to do this for a whole egg without leaving residue will be quite diff...

QuoteOriginally posted by: twofishQuoteQ: Should I upload my resume ?No.why do you think this is a bad idea?...Provided that you do not disclose personal data in that resume but just a more detailed description of your capabilities...