May 27th, 2002, 10:30 pm
I have considered this and a part of me strongly agrees with you that this would be a good intermediate step - going away from the regulatory side of actuarial work into the research side, opening the quant door slowly while still retaining a foot in the actuarial profession. Yes, I think this could well be a good idea.Oh and another thing, I am worried that as I am doing so much mind numbing work at the office for almost a year that I am starting to lose my MSc financial maths skills. Tonight is the first night I have come on this forum and it has shocked me how much you have to know to get these quant jobs, gosh.So should I learn C++ in my spare time, how would people recommend I go about that? Is there any point doing it in spare time if they are looking for C++ exp on the job? Also, how can I keep my brain up to date with financial engineering issues and theories? Do you know of any good websites with those sort of resources?Many thanks,RET79