CS
Credit Suisse Group
stock NYSE

for context ECE = electrical and computer engineering
how realistic is it to break into quant in australia with an ECE degree?
i’m mainly interested in either c++ dev / low latency systems or FPGA/hardware roles in quant trading.
is ECE a good background for this in australia or would CS/EE be way better?
also how hard is it to get quant internships as an ECE student 😭
would love to hear from anyone in australia working in quant, c++ or FPGA?

You should have some emails that give you codes to do a one time online transaction with your CS warrants.

Yeah but extending them on the 29th is useless for all CS warrant holders - we have to have exercised by 23rd.

> The timeframe also keeps changing  
Unsure the source, but apparently CS does *not* handle those issues, it's with the Compliance team. So their timeframe are basically a friend tring to guesstimate how much time the guys at Compliance will take.  

I'm looking for honest opinions, including "don't do it."
**Background**
* BSBA in Finance and Real Estate, Mizzou, 2016. All the affiliated course work for that degree. My overall GPA wasn't amazing (like 3.1GPA) but had two very solid internships and a ton of extracurricular. The internships were huge for over a decade ago.
* About 8 years in commercial real estate debt. I started as a broker placing bank, credit union and CMBS loans. Later I was a licensed correspondent originator and servicer at a smaller firm (PSRS), where we serviced about $8.5B of loans we originated on behalf of life insurance company lenders, mostly multifamily and retail, and also worked with CMBS lenders. I underwrote and modeled individual deals (cash flow, DSCR, LTV and debt yield sensitivities) and serviced loans after closing. I've never done statistical or portfolio-level credit modeling, such as default and prepayment risk across pools or pricing structured credit.
* Independent quant project: for the last few months I've built a shadow-mode research system on Kalshi weather contracts (forecast blending, walk-forward bias tests, calibration, fee-aware expected value, and a C++20 port checked against my Python reference). No real money is at risk.
* Programming is mostly self-taught. I'm stronger on hardware and infrastructure than on software but with the development of AI I've been learning quickly.
**What I've been building**
For the last few months I've been running a shadow-mode research project on Kalshi weather contracts. It has forecast blending, walk-forward bias tests, calibration, fee-aware expected value, and a C++20 port checked against my Python reference. No real money is at risk.
The results are mixed on purpose. One stream (Miami-high) looks positive out of sample. A few streams are inconclusive or rejected, and a simple version with an 80% win rate lost money after fees. Most of what I learned is how easy it is to fool yourself with a backtest. One bug had placeholder prices making non-executable trades look real.
**Programs I'm looking at**
Baruch, CMU MSCF, Berkeley, Georgia Tech and NC State. I know Baruch's acceptance rate is around 4% and I'm not counting on it. I'm also considering Baruch's Pre-MFE seminars to fix my math gaps first. Frankly, it depends on my GRE/GMAT scoring.

I feel my lack of GPA could be made up through real industry and professional experience and a solid interview/GRE score. In a lot of ways I've never understood people that immediately jumped into a masters program with 0-1 years of experience.

**My questions**
1. At 33, with no math or CS degree, is an MFE worth the cost (about $45k at Baruch to over $100k elsewhere)? Or would a cheaper route into quant dev or data roles get me there faster?
2. Does commercial real estate credit experience count for anything, or will people see it as unrelated? I did deal-level underwriting and modeling, not portfolio modeling.
3. How much does C++ matter in the interviews? Do AI coding tools change that?
4. For anyone who came from a non-quant background, what actually got you admitted or hired?
5. Would you do anything differently: extra coursework, a different degree, or skipping the degree and building a portfolio?
Thanks. I'd rather hear "here's the problem" now than after I spend $50k.

Hold up - if we have warrants in CS we need to exercise long before expiry ??

Successful na yung PDAX lv 2 ko.. Kakainis yang "unexpected error occurred", parang lahat ng error ko from sign up and mobile OTP yan lang sinasabi. Need mo talaga yan ireport sa CS. I think may gagawin sila.
btw, sa Oct 7 daw ang makikita ang bonds sa PDAX from [bonds.ph](http://bonds.ph) as per yung last announcement nila (UB) via email:
>
By **9 AM of October 7, 2026,** your bond holdings and/or PHP balances will be accessible via the PDAX platform.
>\* If you already have a PDAX account, your bond holdings and PHP balances will be added to your existing account.
>\* If you do not have a PDAX account, one will be created for you using the email address registered to your [Bonds.PH](http://Bonds.PH) by UnionBank account. No separate sign-up is needed. Before October 7, PDAX will email you instructions on how to access your account.

I'm in y3 of uni (out of 4) and feel overwhelmed looking at all the CS students I'm competing with, and the overly smart people who know what they're doing.
That got me wondering abt all my life choices and whether I should even bother to compete or target quant. I feel like it's too late to start, I don't have coding skills but I love math and calculus.
Is there really no hope for someone like me? Do I have to start studying all the time and not have a life, just to compete?

CS and CE are like top five unemployment rates right now.

**I dispute the suspension reason “lack of timely response and cooperation.” The appeal record shows repeated timely responses and submission of the requested seller evidence, including my official statement. CS is currently requesting payment proof from the buyer, meaning the outstanding verification is on the buyer side. Please review the appeal timeline and identify the specific seller action allegedly outstanding. My P2P functions should not remain suspended indefinitely while CS awaits evidence from the buyer.**

Final-year CS student with SDE experience, how should I approach working abroad?

Hey CS!
I’m a taxpayer and I didn’t conspire with anybody, keep me out of this.

I just called in and turned off MyVoice, so now when calling in it will ask for me to enter my username or SSN on the keypad and the CS will send a SMS code to my phone, and there is no option for TOTP, email code, or phone app push notification.
I just tried out the "forgot password" option on the web app and it after a bit of basic info. it asks for TOTP and the "try another option" sends a approval notification request to my ios app after I log into it, although I imagine if you call in because of forgot password, CS will send a SMS code :/

And CS said the are currently rolling out passkeys for logging into you account which has not gone live yet, the option will show up somewhere in the security settings.
Everything is good.....until it's not
# Data Uses Most Secure Code Ever Star Trek TNG

> Revolut gives free accounts… so you can expect way less than a bank with a paid account…
That's a weird argument. Lots of Ultra users complain about Revolut's CS, and Revolut's chatbot is better than my *paid* bank office.

Focus on what you love, the pure math is kind of a myth from the past. CS is standard way to land quant jobs.

CS for sure

CS is a completely normal way in for trading roles. what matters more is taking the probability and stats as far as your school allows and grinding mental math and betting puzzles for interviews, nobody is going to ask you about topology. research roles lean more toward the math degree though.

Don't do pure math for quant if you don't like math. Do CS. Math is hard enough when you love doing it

Pure math vs CS major

If you had a monthly purchase set up, and the banking details changed or the linked account has insufficient funds, then the failed transaction had a fee, and they sell your shit to cover the fee.
This has happened to people before because they had a monthly purchase set up and forgot to move funds into their Wise account. Its also happened because people changed banks and forgot to update CS with their new account.