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Brett Jiu

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About me

I'm the author of "Starting Your Career as a Wall Street Quant" (summer 2007), the first and only book that helps people find jobs in quantitative finance. The book's companion site is www.quantcareer.com while this Live Space is its blog page.
Interests
Electronic gadgets, computing, Internet, A/V, video games, classic Chinese literature, Mitsubishi cars, Thomas & Friends

What's new with Brett

23 hours ago
Brett added a blog entry Changing Definition of "Quant"
"Nowadays, when I see an ad for a "quant" job opening, chances are it's a developer position -- usually a quantitative developer position. In the last six months..."
23 hours ago
Brett added a blog entry Interview Question: Playing Volatility
"Sample Question #306 (finance case question)   Let's say you expect market volatility to go up significantly over the next six months. List at least three ways ..."
6 days ago
Brett commented on Interview Question: TV Episodes
"ANSWERThis is an easy one to solve. It's counting without replacement. There're 5x4x3x2x1=120 ways to order the five characters uniquely."
6 days ago
Brett added a blog entry Interview Question: TV Episodes
"Sample Question #305 (statistics)   A children's claymation show called Little People has five major characters: Eddie, Sarah Lynn, Sonya Lee, Maggie, and Micha..."
6 days ago
Brett added a blog entry Where Has Brett Been?
"As you can see I haven't updated this blog in two months. I'm now involved with an Internet-based distance learning start-up called TNC Networks (http://www.tnc..."
6 days ago
Brett added a blog entry Happy New Year!
"Wow, what a terrible year it has been for the quant field! No need for me to repeat here what you already know. One thing that totally surprised me is how fast ..."
Dec. 15
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Oct. 29
Brett commented on Interview Question: Goodness of Fit
"ANSWER   Adjusted-R^2 takes into account the number of regressors. In a linear regression, the more ..."
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