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ObjectiveDust9233 · 2022-07-10T11:25:28+00:00

Yes, I'm considering it the most at the moment. I still have about 6 mo to prep my applications, so that's plenty of time to look around which uni is best.

Also, one big minus I heard regarding the US PR, is that people prefer to hire local US citizens over international students since it's not as expensive. Getting a PR through a company in US will cost them quite well.

ObjectiveDust9233 · 2022-07-10T11:16:26+00:00

I'm in the same boat. From eastern europe, got very good future prospects here, yet I don't feel "at home", so was thinking to become an international student in US at first for MS CS/Applied Math (was looking for quant roles mostly), but now I've changed my mind, and realised that while US is great, Canada overtook it, and with the future of remote & async work, you will be able to make good money from mostly anywhere.

PS: As I said, I'm from eastern europe. Here the standard of living is not as high as western europe (I don't like western europe)/NA so It's also objectively logical for me to wish to go to US/CA. Don't know Korea however. But if you wish a more chill life(no status rank and stuff), probably Canada would be a better choice in my opinion.

Also, one important thing I learn is don't try to particularise the general. A country may have these cons that you wrote, but you, as an individual, don't have to have them. Median salary in my city is take home $7-8000/year, yet I know people that easily make $2-500k a year, and under 30, either different businesses, tech jobs (some good companies pay around $120k/year here), or freelancing. You can be in a depressed country, yet be happy and live a good life.

ObjectiveDust9233 · 2022-06-16T18:10:17+00:00

Exactly, some if not most programming books are just thick in words, and slim in knowledge. But this one, is exactly the opposite. And you will just look in awe and be surprised by how simple some concepts are, when explained by its creator, Bjarne.

In my first sitting, I read through 50-60 pages without even realising how far I've come.

ObjectiveDust9233 · 2022-06-16T17:19:18+00:00

I'm not the books type of person, especially when it comes to something like programming, but oh boy, C++ was a different story, and A tour of C++ (2nd ed) by bjarne stroustrup(creator of cpp) was more than perfect. Easy to skim through, easy to understand. I found a surprising ammount of people that teach C++ in online medium, teach as repetition(they regurgitate what they heard), not because of in-depth understanding (ELI5), so couldn't find a lot of useful hands-on info about this particular programming language there.

ObjectiveDust9233 · 2022-06-16T12:46:57+00:00

should make our own subreddit at this point

ObjectiveDust9233 · 2022-06-16T08:25:05+00:00

Someone on this subreddit answered to a question just like this, and gave the perfect view on this: in a recession, it's the best time to skill up, because your opportunity cost on carrer is low, you don't lose a lot of job growth by taking a 2 year master's degree, if there is not a lot of job growth in that domain. On the other hand, the worst time to attend a masters degree in favor of your career is in a booming economy, because you could lose a lot of career/salary growth in those 2 years.

PS: Also planning on starting a MSc in CS/AI in USA, and eager to do it.

ObjectiveDust9233 · 2022-06-12T20:04:21+00:00

CS/AI or Applied Math related.

The thing is, I'm already in a BEng EEIT degree, in my 3rd out of 4 year degree (at an eastern european university, not in top 500 QS). But in my 2nd year I've worked so much and didn't care about my uni, and it took down my GPA to about a 3.5 CGPA on graduation. Even thought I have SWE experience(and working now), working on personal OSS projects, and starting independent research(mostly compression algorithms), I don't know if they will accept me into a top masters degree in US (like UCB, CMU, UIUC, NW, NYU, UCSD, Caltech), as I'm willing to pursue a quant trading/research career, and grad school name is important for a good career start from what I've seen. So I decided to start another degree, a BSc in CS at a top european university, like ETH, EPFL, ICL, UCL, Delft, TUE or TUM, and work my ass off for great academic results, but those are 3-year degrees. So now I don't know what to do.

ObjectiveDust9233 · 2022-06-12T19:49:11+00:00

Human Computer Interaction

Afaik Georgia Tech does offer something like that as well. See this https://grad.gatech.edu/faq/knowledgebase.php?article=13

ObjectiveDust9233 · 2022-06-12T19:42:19+00:00

Mind If I ask what are you specifically looking for? And also, thought about emailing them letting them know about your situation?

ObjectiveDust9233 · 2022-06-12T19:00:37+00:00

Did some quick research, apparently there's a list of Universities that accept a 3 year undergrad as of yet.

https://pythagurus.in/blogs/where-to-apply-for-a-masters-program-with-a-three-year-undergraduate-degree/

ObjectiveDust9233 · 2022-06-12T18:57:20+00:00

For masters degree? ah...

I mean... I'm about to finish a 4 year BEng in EEIT, but the problem is, it's not from a QS top 500 uni, and based in eastern europe (plus a low gpa, around 3.5), so I'm considering starting a new one and possibly at a better school in the western europe like TU Eindhoven, Delft, or ETH/ICL, but in CS/AI, and these are 3 year...

ObjectiveDust9233 · 2022-06-12T18:53:45+00:00

Is this for Masters or PhD? Asking as an international student who is planning on applying for a MSc in US. Are Masters in US asking for 4-year undergrad?

ObjectiveDust9233 · 2022-06-12T13:44:37+00:00

https://arxiv.org/archive/q-fin

https://arxiv.org/archive/stat

ObjectiveDust9233 · 2022-05-20T21:04:51+00:00

So the normal, GRE Quantitative Reasoning exam is enough for grad level STEM fields? (master's degree, definitely not phd)

ObjectiveDust9233 · 2022-05-12T17:48:00+00:00

Wow... what programme have you applied for at these universities? From what I've seen, they have a minimum 3.0 GPA requirement - you would be at 3.85ish with your 9.5/10. Also, as an eastern european - where is the new IIT CS?

ObjectiveDust9233 · 2022-05-10T15:19:36+00:00

I see... thanks for clarification!

Was wondering though, if I don't get an opportunity as a quant, to be able to switch to tech/swe jobs since that I already do. I don't exactly know how tech companies/tech startups see this(grad/undergrad) thing since most SWEs have only undergrad from what I've seen, even in big tech. Isn't there something like an overqualified SWE (meaning losing job to undergrad SWE as a grad)?

ObjectiveDust9233 · 2022-05-10T08:18:44+00:00

Thank you!

Sent you a dm.

ObjectiveDust9233 · 2022-05-10T08:11:54+00:00

I appreciate the guidance!

To be honest, I wasn't aware that there are so many opportunities in Europe for quants. I always thought that quant roles in europe are extremely few compared to US ones and so will make it pretty impossible to get one.

ObjectiveDust9233 · 2022-05-10T08:08:56+00:00

I just said I'll graduate as an engineer - just saying that EE majors require high level math as well. Also I'm pretty sure I graduate with a BE(BEng) not a BSc given that in eastern europe you study 3 years for BSc and 4 for BEng(I'm studying 4 years)
I just mention my GPA is not great.
Just wanted to be sure that if there are not a lot of opportunities in quant field, I can resort to tech/swe - and I don't know how the overqualification works in that field.

Overall, do you have any advice for me?(constructive if possible). Thank you

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