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misstercool

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    Show HN: Quantus – Break into Finance, from 0 –> LBO

    Hi everyone, After 9 months of work, I’m excited to share a major update to Quantus Finance, a platform for learning and practicing financial modeling. Traditional training often i…

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    Comment #42408912

    would mind try it again?

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    Comment #42405619

    - Adding the hotkey on the top my priority list. - Agree with you on adding more challenging quizzes! - Having the various mini assignments in a module on the same tab is an intere…

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    Comment #42402424

    Just my personal opinion, feel free to disagree ;). There are few issues preventing finance being replaced by AI. 1. The large portion of finance is customization. AI works on the …

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    Comment #42402298

    oh...thanks, apologize for my typo

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    Comment #42402288

    love this idea!

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    Comment #42402277

    +1, so true!

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    Comment #42402237

    Yep, no stats or advanced math is needed. My primary focus is to cater to beginner and intermediate users. For beginners, it is a good tool to understand the basic finance and acco…

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    Comment #42401187

    Yea, I might do more in depth AI integration in the future. The hint function has been the most popular one in assassinating users learning how to solve the financial modeling prob…

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    Comment #42400701

    Sure! While beginner content isn't unique, chatGPT can handle such questions effectively. Our main aim is to create a mind map that helps users understand concepts deeply and apply…

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    Comment #42400655

    Absolutely, the current platform is designed to help beginners and intermediate learners to hone their technical skills. I am considering expanding in areas such as allowing users …

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    Comment #42400594

    The current stage of finance interview is a little bit like coding interview 20 years ago, pre-leetcode time, where you write sudo code on a paper to answer some coding challenges.…

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    Comment #42400094

    great suggestions, thanks!

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    Comment #42400069

    Our goal is to help users improve their finance and accounting knowledge. This includes acing job interviews and learning how to create different financial models for varied sector…

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    Comment #42399977

    thanks! IMO, excel spreadsheet is like the compiler for finance folks, there is no better way to learning and practising finance on this interface.

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    Comment #42399904

    That's an excellent query! Many have asked for a mobile app. Right now, we're improving the desktop version as Excel works best on it. Making Excel easy to use on a mobile app isn'…

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    Comment #42399245

    Thank you!

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    Show HN: Quantus – LeetCode for Financial Modeling

    Hi everyone, I wanted to share Quantus, a finance learning and practice platform I’m building out of my own frustration with traditional resources. As a dual major in engineering a…

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    Comment #42113165

    I think this article is much more than this. > First, you have to get clear on what the company is looking to get out of the project. You are not just pleasing the executives. Assu…

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    Comment #42092379

    Well, to be honest, I have never heard any of many FAANG turned startup founder friends told me that the want to build a life style business from the beginning. Every one wants to …

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    Comment #42091659

    Quote the author “To continue advancing my career, I’d need projects that were even larger in scope and involved collaboration with more partner teams. But that just meant the proj…

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    Comment #42091528

    From my observation, staff eng is a person that has the capability to handle many type of tasks, like what described in the article: Eng, Idea direction, project management, risk m…

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    Comment #42073621

    Saw your demo video. Are you focusing on the finance sector primarily? It is a challenging industry IMO, requiring high accuracy and has strict privacy/security bar. How do you add…

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    Comment #42073568

    It is a good problem to have for a startup, most startups are struggling finding customers to use their thing. Better to go with "good enough" shortcut and prioritize on growth. Re…