- Benefit: zbs, practical insights, critical judgment of questionable comments
- Benefit: jargon and math. At least follow the common conversations and read the literature
- Benefit: job interviews. At least understand the questions!
- Benefit: env to get through the difficult math that I couldn’t teach myself
- [15]UChicago: ROI+ROTI ] hindsight has the bigger items.
My energy is really really limited. Some benefits I must forgo.
- Priority: grades. In the short term, the grades tend to preoccupy, which is short-sighted. I feel grade and expectation thereof can create undue stress.
- priority: zbs, solid understanding. Ask all the questions. Outside this course, you have no one to ask, and your understanding will be limited.
- priority: do the homework by myself, so I can discuss with staff?
- start early to avoid stress
- Priority: finish early, but won’t have bandwidth to absorb? LG LG LG
— 2017 Review of the motivations and j4 Uchicago
- untapped talent and bandwidth
- .. plowback
- enjoy math
- stagnant in career progression
- niche and hard specialization .. quant dev
- diversify
- tech churn .. accumulation, shelf-life
- greying SWE
- self-esteem .. NUS→UChicago grades ending@high note
- branding .. UChicago^CMU branding: which would I prefer
https://btv-open.dreamhosters.com/2013/12/18/j4-uchicago-short-clear-memorable-answers-for-interviews/ is probably deleted already.
— 330 Option —
A lot of homework (or past exam) topics sound like only important to the grade
Some Ito problems in HW and past exams will be beyond me. Diminishing return. I’d rather focus on BS GBM, BS formula, BS PDE etc where Scope is limited.
— Fixed Income Derivative —
Bond math (without stoch) is more precise, more practical less academic, without those crazy assumptions.