ksvanhorn wrote:
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> My thanks to everyone who has responded; I appreciate your help. I'm not
> entirely sure where I'm going with this -- just exploring possibilities,
> mainly. Yes, everyone is laying off and hiring is down everywhere these
> days;
dice.com job listings are down 45% from a year ago. I did find one
> company, though, that seems to be aggressively hiring software developers
> with a background in functional programming to work closely with their
> quants.
>
> I have two final questions, if you don't mind. First, is there a good
> quick survey of the field, something that maps out the important ideas,
> topics, and problems?
>
> Second, is QF only useful for large enterprises, or could some of this
> stuff be of use to individual investors and decision makers for
> small/medium businesses? Two issues lead me to ask this: 1) transaction
> costs, which I assume are going to be a lot more significant for a smaller
> player, and 2) in my initial reading I've encountered an assumption that
> interest rates for borrowing and lending are (nearly) the same, which only
> holds for large enterprises.
>
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