Coding

maokid7

I've been reading around some of the other topics in this section of AoPS and keep reading that for quant jobs it is almost essential to have good coding skills.
My question is, what kind of coding abilities are you talking about? Like being able to just write a small method to perform a simple task or being able to write a "full blown program"? Also what language(s) would you recommend I know? Currently I know C++ and Java, and am learning Python.

**Posted:** Wed May 20, 2009 7:43 am

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rrusczyk

Full-blown program -- that gives you the most flexibility.

What language will be most important will almost certainly change by the time you get there, and varies from place to place. Showing some mastery of serious languages (C++, Java, and Python count, HTML does not) is most important.

**Posted:** Wed May 20, 2009 9:27 am

maokid7

Thanks for the reply. Are there any places where I could gain experience writing programs outside of class?

**Posted:** Wed May 20, 2009 9:51 am

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gauss202

You could try these problems from The Euler Project

You might also find these problems from the American Computer Science League contest interesting enough to try.

**Posted:** Thu May 21, 2009 4:58 am

maokid7

**Posted:** Thu May 21, 2009 2:39 pm

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Kalle

You should learn Haskell, so that you can know why every other language is vastly inferior.

**Posted:** Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:14 am

rrusczyk

Think of programs of your own that you'd like to write, and write those.

**Posted:** Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:54 am

Poincare

**Posted:** Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:56 pm

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