QuoteOriginally posted by: nocturne2TJ may be less annoyed with twofish if the latter uses the term "keep in mind" more sparingly. At times this term can sound condescending.I've made a good faith effort not to annoy TJ, but I've pretty much concluded that this isn't possible, and I've given up trying, esepcially since I'm still not exactly sure what about my posts rubs him the wrong way. Whatever it is, I doubt it is something that is easily fixed by the way I phrase things.

yeah, half the ivy's: brown, dartmouth, upenn and yale have more or less average physics departments. i guess this just shows that the recruiters who put "ivy" in their ads have no idea what they are doing.QuoteOriginally posted by: whaleit s only a statistical statement. and here "ivys" probably means ivy-equil, which include mit,berk,caltech,chicago, in the mean time the phd program in some ivys are not considered strong. I did meet people from UCLA. the phys. dept. of UIUC offers a finance minor so I imagine a lot of UIUC'ers out there. NYU is another example. UT Austin is also a very respected school, Georgia tech, duke, brown etc. but in any case S. IL. U. is a long shot.

QuoteOriginally posted by: twofishQuoteOriginally posted by: nocturne2TJ may be less annoyed with twofish if the latter uses the term "keep in mind" more sparingly. At times this term can sound condescending.I've made a good faith effort not to annoy TJ, but I've pretty much concluded that this isn't possible, and I've given up trying, esepcially since I'm still not exactly sure what about my posts rubs him the wrong way. Whatever it is, I doubt it is something that is easily fixed by the way I phrase things.Quotetwofish: Disclaimer: Most of my experience is in academia and non-QF software development. Keep this in mind when reading any suggestions I give.Why waffle on and on about something you know very little about on a public forum? Isn't this better kept offline ? Please don't answer this. I haven't got the time to read a twelve page essay on why you think it is a good idea.PS - And now you've got flank & whale at it too .

well I'm sorry I've upset you sweetpea but if you are really so angry about it why not just ignore what we say? In fact, since you already have your job, why are you here casting aspersions in the first place?QuoteOriginally posted by: TraderJoeQuoteOriginally posted by: twofishQuoteOriginally posted by: nocturne2TJ may be less annoyed with twofish if the latter uses the term "keep in mind" more sparingly. At times this term can sound condescending.I've made a good faith effort not to annoy TJ, but I've pretty much concluded that this isn't possible, and I've given up trying, esepcially since I'm still not exactly sure what about my posts rubs him the wrong way. Whatever it is, I doubt it is something that is easily fixed by the way I phrase things.Quotetwofish: Disclaimer: Most of my experience is in academia and non-QF software development. Keep this in mind when reading any suggestions I give.Why waffle on and on about something you know very little about on a public forum? Isn't this better kept offline ? Please don't answer this. I haven't got the time to read a twelve page essay on why you think it is a good idea.PS - And now you've got flank & whale at it too .

QuoteOriginally posted by: flankwell I'm sorry I've upset you sweetpea but if you are really so angry about it why not just ignore what we say? In fact, since you already have your job, why are you here casting aspersions in the first place?QuoteOriginally posted by: TraderJoeQuoteOriginally posted by: twofishQuoteOriginally posted by: nocturne2TJ may be less annoyed with twofish if the latter uses the term "keep in mind" more sparingly. At times this term can sound condescending.I've made a good faith effort not to annoy TJ, but I've pretty much concluded that this isn't possible, and I've given up trying, esepcially since I'm still not exactly sure what about my posts rubs him the wrong way. Whatever it is, I doubt it is something that is easily fixed by the way I phrase things.Quotetwofish: Disclaimer: Most of my experience is in academia and non-QF software development. Keep this in mind when reading any suggestions I give.Why waffle on and on about something you know very little about on a public forum? Isn't this better kept offline ? Please don't answer this. I haven't got the time to read a twelve page essay on why you think it is a good idea.PS - And now you've got flank & whale at it too .Someone's gotta keep twofish in line .