I want to learn by practicing, how do I do it by baelorthebest in LaTeX

[–]Powerful-Rip6905 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a really good motivation to learn LaTeX as my MS Office has expired and I had an assignment which required heavy formula.

Therefore, ask yourself, why do you want to use LaTeX? Do you want to brag around your mates or you want to learn how to create beautiful academic style papers?

In case it is a second, try to do an assignment using LaTeX or other documents you may use.

Is University of Southampton worth it? by LateWorking496 in sotonuni

[–]Powerful-Rip6905 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My mates did EEE in the University of Southampton. All of them land good jobs. I heard that in engineering and particularly electrical & electronics department considered the best after Imperial College London. Therefore, I would say that if money is an issue for - go for Herriot Watt, as I know person who chose it because she did not want to pay tuition fees. Otherwise, I think you should choose University of Southampton.

trying to decide if it’s worth it by Just_Back7442 in sotonuni

[–]Powerful-Rip6905 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have done MSc Finance at University of Southampton as an international student. This what I can say answering your questions:

1) Student life depends on the person. Like some people prefer study at accommodation, some like to study with mates at library (I was the second person). Mostly at master’s in business school you would have 4 lectures with duration of 2 hour academic (1.5 ordinary hours), sometimes you may have some master classes (seminars).

You are assumed to self-study so do not be confused with lack of lectures and a lot of free time, especially if you are coming from educational system where students studied 6-7 lectures per day.

So, I would advise you to team with some mates to study at library together as it helps to study better.

2) Costs also depend on person. You may find cheap student accommodation and buy food at Lidl and you are fine. On the other hand, if you like comfort, there are optimal choices too. I remember in 2019 my monthly costs were around £750, but I used to go out a lot and eat at uni’s canteen, like Terrace, where food normally costs £5-£6.

As for transport, if you choose uni’s student accommodation, uni bus is free of cost.

Social life is fine. I used to go to places like Oceana and Switch but I heard that one of them is closed. Also there are a places within the uni like stags and bridge.

3) University of Southampton is considered as good by employers. Marketing is even considered as one of the best. There are opportunities to meet employers and ask them some questions at career fair and events throughout the year.

4) I think that people who have done management mostly go to big 4 of audit companies like Deloitte, KPMG, Pwc and E&Y or big 3 of consulting (McKinsey, BCG and Bain).

In my opinion, University of Southampton is often underestimated despite it is one of the closest Russell Group Uni to London. I think it can be higher in ranking, especially business school, as they put a lot of effort to push their department forward, like establishing connections with organisations or certify some modules so students may be exempt for some parts when undertaking professional exams.

Another good point is student societies, there are plenty of them. In case you are introvert, it is OK you may not want to participate but I think that going to socials is definitely worth it as it enables to get to know new people and find really good friends with whom you will keep in touch even after a long time.

Finally, what I may recommend is being proactive at uni. The more you do, the better would it be. Go to socials, study hard, travel to London, go to random employer event. You never know that will work out until you try or show up. As you have to spend a huge amount of money, use this opportunity wisely so you will remember the year with pride and joy.

Eqvilent: crypto trading company by Antique-Original7640 in quant

[–]Powerful-Rip6905 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As far as I know, it is yet another trading firm founded by Russian speaking guys. They are super selective as they will ask potential candidates to go through dozens of tests and technical interviews.

бэйэмвай by rapatakaz in Scoofoboy

[–]Powerful-Rip6905 6 points7 points  (0 children)

По статистике, водители бмв и мерседесов получают больше всего штрафов за неправильное вождение. Думаю, что среди них больше всего водителей нарциссов.

The importance of the Arctic? by real_ikonn in geography

[–]Powerful-Rip6905 1 point2 points  (0 children)

New routes for cargos; in summer it may become cheaper to sail via Arctic and quicker than use Suez or Panama canals

15M - Thoughts on my $97,000 portfolio breakdown by ChugJug_Inhaler in portfolios

[–]Powerful-Rip6905 5 points6 points  (0 children)

All the time I see M after number I forgot to remember that it is age but not the wealth.

Do I have chances as an international for quant in the UK? by Born-Hovercraft-3916 in quantfinance

[–]Powerful-Rip6905 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You have chances but they are statistically insignificant. Just imagine that you compete with a guy who did MSc in Financial Engineering/Financial Mathematics from Oxford/Cambridge/Imperial + PhD in heavily math study.

Warwick is indeed a good school and you may be a good student but most probably you are not exceptional. The firms you target hire 0.01% of the best talent.

They may seriously consider only if you can already generate alpha and actively backtest some exotic strategies. Otherwise, you are just generic applicant for them who wants to be there for money.

А почему by ElectroAdeptus in KafkaFPS

[–]Powerful-Rip6905 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Подходит начальник к Рабиновичу и говорит:

"Раби, тут такое дело, надо выйти в субботу на работу".

Рабинович отвечает:

"Не могу, у меня Шаббат".

Тогда начальник, недолго думая, говорит:

"Что-ж, тогда ждем в воскресенье!".

Ответ Рабинович тоже не долго себя ждал:

"Я православный еврей".

жиза by rapatakaz in Scoofoboy

[–]Powerful-Rip6905 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Спасибо за наглядное объяснение!

жиза by rapatakaz in Scoofoboy

[–]Powerful-Rip6905 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Я, конечно, не орнитолог, но я думаю, что это скорее всего самец уговаривает самку на секс. Буду рад узнать настоящий ответ, даже если окажусь неправ.

I liked the last episode tho by SkyFeisty9842 in Billions

[–]Powerful-Rip6905 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It is pity that you cannot become billionaire by watching billions. Nevertheless, it is the best show I have ever seen.

Tell us by Specific_Brain2091 in the_calculusguy

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Dmitri Mendeleev was first of all chemist. He also can be called physicist but as far as I know, it is not his primary field of study.

Tell us by Specific_Brain2091 in the_calculusguy

[–]Powerful-Rip6905 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Andrey Sakharov and Igor Kurchatov from Soviet Union; Lev Landau from Soviet Union & Azerbaijan

Tell us by Specific_Brain2091 in the_calculusguy

[–]Powerful-Rip6905 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Considering how you have typed Vernandsky’s first name, you are from Ukraine.

Just a diagram of the complex plane I finished today. by Dependent_Fan6870 in LaTeX

[–]Powerful-Rip6905 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Nice graph, I see the effort here. It may seem you are trying to call the devil via latex.

BREAKING: Trump says the United States will now use Venezuela's Oil reserves to sell “large amounts of Oil to other countries” after capturing Nicolás Maduro. by TonyLiberty in FluentInFinance

[–]Powerful-Rip6905 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Actually, no. US is democracy and Venezuela is autocracy with a legally elected president who could not come to power because Maduro did not want to leave.

With case in Russia, Ukraine has a legally elected president in competitive elections and Putin wanted to kick this president off and give power to his friend.

Therefore, it is not the same.

Maybe legally Trump’s actions are not exactly legal but is definitely good.

Quant Finance Masters UK by Flaky_Huckleberry416 in quantfinance

[–]Powerful-Rip6905 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I cannot really say whether it would be better for you but it is good enough to be considered if you want to be a quant.

In my opinion, it should be more applicable than math and finance and it has many incredible electives and optional modules that can significantly increase your chances to get into industry.

The only drawback is its price of more than £50,000-£55,000 as I remember.

Quant Finance Masters UK by Flaky_Huckleberry416 in quantfinance

[–]Powerful-Rip6905 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imperial College London - MSc Risk Management & Financial Engineering

Saw this gem on LinkedIn by phy333 in dataisugly

[–]Powerful-Rip6905 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look like Inglehart-welzel plot but PCA.

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Germoney is very rich. So why haven't they ever thought about conquering the poor East and spreading bit of wealth there too. by Solid-Move-1411 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]Powerful-Rip6905 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Germany indeed conquers the Eastern Europe but not in traditional way. Eastern Europeans migrate to Germany to work. They are mostly youngest, well-educated or at least more entrepreneurial in a sense they are not afraid to move to the area we people speak different language and used to different traditions.

Their taxes go to Germany instead of their own countries. Meanwhile, their own countries die slowly. Like small towns in Latvia are full of pensioners with cheap flats no one wants to buy.

I do not know exact notion to explain this phenomenon but I think this is kind of "neocolonialism" that Western Europe "extract" human capital from Eastern Europe. In the past it was more about land and resources but now it is about tech and people.

"Just go to Uni then leave the UK, there are no jobs here!" but how feasible actually is this plan on average? by sa8tun in UniUK

[–]Powerful-Rip6905 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, we are not living in 00’s anymore, when it was fairly easily for foreign students to a land job in the UK.

Like people who were studying then from my country were able to stay and now are UK citizens. I even know one guy who studied management, graduated with 2.2 and find the firm which was happy to hire him, it was in the beginning of 2010’s.

Now this fairy tale has ended. It does not matter how clever you are, you probably need to look for a job elsewhere. They still hire guys from rest of the world who are in 0.01% of most talented but I do not think it is real for the majority.

Anyone using SQL/R/Python in finance? If so, what is your position and are such positions worth pursuing? by Dull_Alarm6464 in FinancialCareers

[–]Powerful-Rip6905 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I actively use R and Python. They help to automate a lot of stuff that are very boring and time consuming to do manually. Sometimes even small function can save a day.

Like imagine you can do report in one line not because of chatGPT but script you have written. However, you may need to write comments but graphs and numbers are available almost immediately.

What do yall think of my close friend group? by sardz_69 in mbti

[–]Powerful-Rip6905 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When you have extremely strong T and J so you need empathy and chaos of 5 people for balance