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Python toolkit for quantitative finance

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Re: Python toolkit for quantitative finance

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Post by ng12 »

sk11001 wrote: post #22
conformist wrote: post #17

This is bizarre over engineering: https://github.com/goldmansachs/gs-quant/blob/51a7ff1afb722c...

Does someone have LOC as a performance indicator?

Unironically probably. The only place I've ever worked that used LoC as a performance indicator was a hedge fund.

Re: Python toolkit for quantitative finance

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Post by IshKebab »

heyoni wrote: post #18
conformist wrote: post #17

This is bizarre over engineering: https://github.com/goldmansachs/gs-quant/blob/51a7ff1afb722c...

The pointless act of "encapsulating" nothing? I see that a lot unfortunately =[

Presumably @plot_function does something. Also there are lots of other functions in the same API that are more than one line.

I suspect he wouldn't have thought it was over engineering if it didn't have such a long comment for one line of code... Which is silly.

Re: Python toolkit for quantitative finance

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Post by vb234 »

sk11001 wrote: post #5
greatpostman wrote: post #2

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Isn't the interview the same anyway, just that candidates from top schools get interviews and the rest don't? I woulld love to work at a hedge fund or a trading company but since I don't have experiene in a similar company or prestigious education, I feel like I have no chance at all of even getting an interview. I would love to know how realistic it is to get a job at one of these companies with a non-conventional b…

My advice. Attend tech meetups and networking events that quants frequent. Socialize with them, and try to get them to refer your resume for open positions. Side projects and contributions to open source projects will help get their attention too.

Re: Python toolkit for quantitative finance

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Post by makerdiety »

sk11001 wrote: post #5
greatpostman wrote: post #2

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Isn't the interview the same anyway, just that candidates from top schools get interviews and the rest don't? I woulld love to work at a hedge fund or a trading company but since I don't have experiene in a similar company or prestigious education, I feel like I have no chance at all of even getting an interview. I would love to know how realistic it is to get a job at one of these companies with a non-conventional b…

It is very unrealistic to land a gig at places like Goldman Sach if you don't have the socio-culturally compliant identification card that is bullshit education. There is really no point in trying.

Re: Python toolkit for quantitative finance

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Post by sonthonax »

conformist wrote: post #20
sonthonax wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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I’m a trader

Surely you've worked with other traders who get confused by import statements. Whole point of this file is to provide a common interface for common math operations that might be exposed by either plain python or pandas/numpy functions.

You're obviously not the target market if you're able to review good and bad code.

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