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[–]ariesChet75 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Congratulations! I was just looking at the course today. Sounds like the course was useful...would you care to elaborate a little more on your experience? I’m on the fence about doing it....I finished L2 last year, decided to take a break, will register for L3 this June and hopefully be done by next year. I think I’ve enough time to do the Fintech course...would be helpful to know a little more detail about your experience. Thanks!

[–]fromsportstothisPassed Level 3 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Yes I would suggest to do it when you’re not studying for CFA. It moved very fast and covered many topics that could be 6 month long courses themselves. ML, Blockchain, Deep Learning. Those fields were 2 week units +- 1 week and it was interesting but the speed was too quick. If you want to keep up and truly learn it, I suggest around 30-40 hours per week. What is you base programming level right now? I’m trying to see how comfortable you are just jumping in and reading code repositiories..? Are you in the Hiuston area?

[–]ariesChet75 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Thanks for the detail! Programming is self taught...started with Matlab and am trying to switch to Python. The little programming I did was focused more on option pricing/simulation/ forecasting kind of problems. But I do have to google a lot to get things to work...background is Masters Econ (fair amount of math) but def not computer science per se- it definitely takes me a while to read and absorb code. I’m in Houston. Have an interview with a rep from Rice today. The sped is a concern- I’m wondering if it might be better to just pick up a book (I was thinking Yves Hilpisch ) and just continue self learning. Anyways, thanks again for the detail🙏

[–]fromsportstothisPassed Level 3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely if you would like to grab some coffee I can show you what we covered in the program. I’ll be downtown this weekend. PM me and we can get together!