So, I am accepting the defeat I was totally looking from an academician point of view. I did not check the group of the question. Sorry.. All the best..

QuoteOriginally posted by: JediQuantHello,I was wondering if anyone here can dispense with some advise with regards to any recommended courses on C++ out there which may be within a decent price range (for students).I am doing a PhD JQ.If you're attached to a university why not check out whether they offer any programming courses at all, even Java would be a good start if you're a programming neophyte, as many of the concepts like variables and so on transfer over. Many unis are happy to have students tag along on other lecture courses, provided you ask the lecturer nicely. Other than that, second what others have said. Find something that interests you, no matter how trivial, and code it up however you can manage. Then read another chapter of your C++ book du jour, and refine your program. Real programming is like that too If you want a book, you could do worse than start with Kernighan and Ritchie's The C Programming Language. It's not for idiots and will give you a solid base upon which to ground your C++. Good luck.

Actually a course in programming would give you signficiant competive advantage.The reason that I talk >50% slower when teaching quants programming is that I have to filter out terms like pattern, race condition, bitwise, loop invariant, page, order N, etc, and it uses a lot of my aging brain's capacity. I have this theory that in 5 years time the combination of age and the plummeting fall in basic programming education will mean you can drink a cup of cofee between each word.

QuoteOriginally posted by: DCFCActually a course in programming I have to filter out terms like race condition, bitwise, loop invariant, page, order N, etc, and it uses a lot of my aging brain's capacity. You said to "filter out". Did you mean more important or not important at all?If it is more important according to my understanding, would you please specify more on the importance of "race condition, bitwise, loop invariant, page, order N" for Quant?