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As someone who has a CS background but would like to learn more about finance but not get too deep into the weeds of math & statistics, would this be a good resource? Or is this more for people who want to break into quant and practice/learn concepts for interviews?
Who is the target audience for this? As someone who has a CS background but would like to learn more about finance but not get too deep into the weeds of math & statistics, would this be a good resource? Or is this more for people who want to break into quant and practice/learn concepts for interviews?
Doesn’t look like stats or advanced math is a major prerequisite.
I have attempted to do financial modeling practice with ChatGPT and Claude, but they struggle to come up with interesting data needed to make any real insights, is this really just testing our knowledge of which business terms to use and which functions to use, or is there enough good data to require some ingenuity to gain insights from?
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 problems. This platform is designed with the goal of assisting users in enhancing their practical skills in financial modeling.
That's the effect of LeetCode on the field of software development.
People generally use leetcode to prepare for interviews and learning is kind of a side-effect so I'm curious are these questions similar to those you would find in interviews (i.e. like leetcode) or is it more for general learning purposes?
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. The coding interview nowadays are quite advanced, I believe Leetcode plays huge role. The best way of learning financial modeling is by doing it on the excel. Even though many finance technical interviews still focus on behavior type of qu…
Who is the target audience for this? As someone who has a CS background but would like to learn more about finance but not get too deep into the weeds of math & statistics, would this be a good resource? Or is this more for people who want to break into quant and practice/learn concepts for interviews?
Judging by the content this is probably for people interested in moving into investment banking. Doesn’t look like stats or advanced math is a major prerequisite.
For beginners, it is a good tool to understand the basic finance and accounting concepts. It is interactive, you can practice the formulas via quizzes, much more fun than reading a textbook. I suggest you try financial statement module.
For intermediate users, you can practice financial modeling by solving generic modeling problems (3-statements, DCF, LBO, M&A). It will help you build the muscle memory of using the functions/formulas.
For advanced users, I am planning to onboard more industry specific modeling content and practice cases.
Brings me back to my many evenings and weekends spent poring over Breaking into Wall Street PDFs :) This is really awesome
What are the next set of library additions you're planning? Will tune in for when you release something on VC term sheets, convertible note / SAFE note conversions, and Techno Economic Analysis.
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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. The coding interview nowadays are quite advanced, I believe Leetcode plays huge role. The best way of learning financial modeling is by doing it on the excel. Even though many finance technical interviews still focus on behavior type of qu…
(may have been autocorrect, but just fyi "pseudocode")
I have an earnest question and I reckon you might have given it some thought. Is teaching financial modeling to humans a growing market? If so, why do you think that?
If you think not, is the idea here to test this space for a product that comes down the road? :)