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by FlyingDutchman
January 9th, 2011, 2:54 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Algorithmic Trading job finding.
Replies: 12
Views: 25519

Algorithmic Trading job finding.

No offense, but if I were you I would first try to improve my English.
by FlyingDutchman
July 14th, 2010, 8:18 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Advice for econometrics student
Replies: 19
Views: 29731

Advice for econometrics student

BramJ - I might not have been very clear, I have of course a lot more courses to go than 5, but the 5 courses are the courses I have to do which I do not like very much (econometrics, statistics).
by FlyingDutchman
July 13th, 2010, 8:47 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Advice for econometrics student
Replies: 19
Views: 29731

Advice for econometrics student

<t>BramJ - I know studying maths/physics to get in finance is dumb, and it certainly is not the main reason why I have this as alternative. I am genuinely interested in math and physics, as I am in economics and finance too. But I am unsure if I should start this study when I only have 5 more course...
by FlyingDutchman
July 13th, 2010, 4:38 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Advice for econometrics student
Replies: 19
Views: 29731

Advice for econometrics student

<t>Thank you all for your replies.Just to clarify things a bit, even though econometrics is a very narrow field we also get quite a lot of math/statistics to understand the econometric methods used. We also have some economics classes (although they are more mathematical than regular economic course...
by FlyingDutchman
July 11th, 2010, 10:13 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Advice for econometrics student
Replies: 19
Views: 29731

Advice for econometrics student

<t>Hello everyone,The reason I am writing this post is that I am having trouble making a decision about what to study next year. Currently I am studying econometrics at a university in the Netherlands and passed my first year. Even though I like mathematics and economics/finance I have the feeling t...
by FlyingDutchman
July 8th, 2010, 7:54 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Documentary: "Quants - The Alchemists of Wall Street"
Replies: 2
Views: 27439

Documentary: "Quants - The Alchemists of Wall Street"

Very nice documentary indeed.Saw it a while ago on Dutch television, and it was one of the things that got me interested in quantitative finance. I would recommend it to anyone interested in quantitative finance.
by FlyingDutchman
June 23rd, 2010, 8:40 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: optimization problem
Replies: 6
Views: 27179

optimization problem

<t>Maybe a stupid remark, but how can you even be sure that it is possible to get all the pistons at the same height? Since all pistons are interconnected and moving one piston makes all the others move, I think I could imagine a system where the pistons would never reach the same height, no matter ...