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In general why is such disparity between work satisfaction in finance and tech? Both are cutting edge, both employ smart young people. Why such difference?

http://mfe.berkeley.edu/careers/placement2013.html

When is your interview?

http://www.freakonomics.com/2011/10/12/why-do-only-top-mba-programs-practice-grade-non-disclosure/ http://haas.berkeley.edu/groups/careercenter/hireanmba/policies-guidelines.html

How about the other programs?

I was using Glassdoor to prepare for an interview. I was surprised to find that in general the reviews are much more negative than let's say, Google, Facebook etc. That made me curious.

Employee satisfaction wise, what is best company to work for? Specially for the quants?

You are correct. I am thinking in general whether I should do it.

Is it specially bad this year or it is bad for last couple of years as well? I am seriously considering this, but given the financial burden I am little scared.

Is not it quite late!!! Session is supposed to be over by mid March, right? Also, how about converting the internships? How often does that happen?

Kittu, how is the job scene this year for UCB?

It is. Highly.

Obviously PhD. You will be better prepared. A lot of PhD's from Columbia end up in Wall St. on regular basis.

WOW!!! That's scary.

In that case, based on the starting salary, how easy it is to payoff your MFE loan?

One more thing - in general all the MFE programs are expensive. Do people get campus jobs? Do you get time to do those jobs? Finally, how easy it is to payoff your loan?

Estimated Program Cost of Attendance (2013-2014) University Tuition + Fees $59,895 University Health Insurance $3,459 Estimated Living Expenses $31,800 Estimated Books, Supplies $2,500 Estimated Loan Fees $332 Total Cost of Attendance $97,986 How can $50K cover that? Generally, how much are...

Hi Andy, can you please change my user name to Deb?

Any one knows whether they started interviewing for position in Houston?

Can you explain a little more?

Got this problem in Max Dama hand out. Could not figure out a solution. "Roll a die repeatedly. Say that you stop when the sum goes above 63. What is the probability that the second to last value was X. Make a market on this probability. Ie what is your 90 percent confidence interval."

|1.0 0.5 0.0| |0.5 1.0 r | = 1 -r*r -0.25 > 0 => - sqrt(0.75) <r < sqrt(0.75) |0.0 r 1.0| what am i doing wrong?

I am a fresh PhD, trying to get a position in the industry. Some job sites ask for recommendation letters to be uploaded to their website. Now what kind of letter is required? I am sure what kind of letters are required in case of industry jobs. It would be highly helpful if you guys can give...

Sorry, I meant novel, not movies.

Any suggestion?

What is the min level of proficiency do they expect?

For a PhD student, how important is it to know C/C++? Is knowing Matlab+R enough? Have seen a lot of ads with C/C++ requirements.