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Interesting discussions.

Wow, that's a lot of stuffs already. Do you think that you can master those areas in just 1 or 1.5 years? Given that amount of time, I strongly believe that a typically good student can only grab those in a recipes style.

Well, I do agree that "C++ is a syntax matter" is a lame statement. However, through his writing on forums/blog, I believe that Dominic is biased and particularly obsessed with C++ programming in quant jobs. It probably takes a computer geek 10-20 years of programming to master the language. In my opinion, C++ is important but not as fundamental as Stochastic Calculus, Modeling, Numerical Computations, (and maybe some sense of Finance/Econometrics). Ones need a lot of time/effort to absorb those fields. So, with only 1 (or 1.5) year, what should students learn? Probably not much of C++. Think Opportunity Cost.

Ideally, C++ (or programming skills in general) should be required as a preliminary, not as a core part of the FE training.

<blockquote data-quote="dongta" data-source="post: 14327" data-attributes="member: 162">Interesting discussions.Wow, that&#039;s a lot of stuffs already. Do you think that you can master those areas in just 1 or 1.5 years? Given that amount of time, I strongly believe that a typically good student can only grab those in a recipes style.Well, I do agree that &quot;C++ is a syntax matter&quot; is a lame statement. However, through his writing on forums/blog, I believe that Dominic is biased and particularly obsessed with C++ programming in quant jobs. It probably takes a computer geek 10-20 years of programming to master the language. In my opinion, C++ is important but not as fundamental as Stochastic Calculus, Modeling, Numerical Computations, (and maybe some sense of Finance/Econometrics). Ones need a lot of time/effort to absorb those fields. So, with only 1 (or 1.5) year, what should students learn? Probably not much of C++. Think Opportunity Cost.Ideally, C++ (or programming skills in general) should be required as a preliminary, not as a core part of the FE training.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dongta, post: 14327, member: 162"] Interesting discussions. Wow, that's a lot of stuffs already. Do you think that you can master those areas in just 1 or 1.5 years? Given that amount of time, I strongly believe that a typically good student can only grab those in a recipes style. Well, I do agree that "C++ is a syntax matter" is a lame statement. However, through his writing on forums/blog, I believe that Dominic is biased and [B]particularly obsessed[/B] with C++ programming in quant jobs. It probably takes a computer geek 10-20 years of programming to master the language. In my opinion, C++ is important but [B]not as fundamental[/B] as Stochastic Calculus, Modeling, Numerical Computations, (and maybe some sense of Finance/Econometrics). Ones need a lot of time/effort to absorb those fields. So, with only 1 (or 1.5) year, what should students learn? Probably not much of C++. Think Opportunity Cost. Ideally, C++ (or programming skills in general) should be required as a preliminary, not as a core part of the FE training. [/QUOTE]

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