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CareerChangeCA wrote:
I’m spending hours everyday on basic Excel data crunching while reviewing calculus and brushing up on my C#.
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Don’t know if this is for fun, for “real-life” practice, or for CFA practice.
If it’s for CFA practice, forget the Excel (can’t use it), calculus (don’t need it), and C# (no relation to CFA).
 
Greenman72 wrote:
CareerChangeCA wrote:
I’m spending hours everyday on basic Excel data crunching while reviewing calculus and brushing up on my C#.
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Don’t know if this is for fun, for “real-life” practice, or for CFA practice.
If it’s for CFA practice, forget the Excel (can’t use it), calculus (don’t need it), and C# (no relation to CFA).
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I recognize I wouldn’t use Excel at my job: however seeing Excel work with data in real life (rather than relying on software with built-in formulas) has really been invaluable. Once you start to see data the transition Matlab becomes easier.
If I am ever going to be good at my job I need to be able to critique quants. Without a calculus background I think that would be harder.
I love programming. I know a lot of models are built in C.
No matter what I end up doing I want the ability to analyze the workings of the other departments at a foundational level. That can lead to potential synergies and well, room for advancement.
 
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