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係傳統銀行不斷裁員之際,計量金融是少數有增長的領域。所以我成日同同學講:一定要識程式編寫,一定要識程式編寫,一定要識程式編寫。(重要嘅嘢要講三次,好似係。)
For students interested in working in the finance field, learning how to write code is more important than ever before.

“[A]s these firms have grown, so has the demand for a new breed of Wall
Street trader — one who can build financial models and write computer code
but who also has the guts to spot a market anomaly and bet big with the firm’s capital.”

New York Times: A New Breed of Trader on Wall Street: Coders With a Ph.D.

王訪於箕子。王乃言曰:「嗚呼!箕子。惟天陰騭下民,相協厥居,我不知其彝倫攸敘。」箕子乃言曰:「我聞在昔,鯀堙洪水,汩陳其五行。帝乃震怒,不畀『洪範』九疇,彝倫攸斁。鯀則殛死,禹乃嗣興,天乃錫禹『洪範』九疇,彝倫攸敘。」

《尚書•洪範》

大禹治水的故事是中國文化經典,大家相信都耳熟能詳。在禹治水之前,先有他父親鯀被堯帝委以治水重任。鯀以九年時間試圖堵截洪水—《山海經》還相傳他用上會不斷膨脹的神土—結果亦治不了水患,更弄得民怨四起。堯殺鯀起用禹,後者改以疏導治水,歷時十三年終於成功。鯀禹所屬的夏部族從此聲威大振,為夏朝奠下基礎。

幾百年後,周武王戰勝商殷,釋放了被紂王禁錮的箕子,向其求問治國之道。箕子以鯀禹為例,指前者亂用五行,以致倫常敗壞,後者卻能實行九種德政,理順倫常。

洪水遺害不淺,並不等如可以用堵截的方法解決。強行堵截,洪水苦無出路,結果只會更兇猛,遺禍更深,這道理古人都懂。特區高層常希望年輕人多認識中國文化,我同意—就由他們以身作則,自己做起。

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我強列建議同學去睇《沽注一擲》,不過一定要先做功課,了解金融海嘯中牽涉的一眾金融產品為何物。
The Big Short is surprising educational. Seriously, Thaler playing black jack with Gomez while explaining the hot-hand fallacy? I wish I have that chance!

Students judge their teachers. Often unfairly

Source: Ratings agency | The Economist

《經濟學人》證實,經濟系老師評分低係國際標準!評分最低的頭三位分別是數學、經濟及電腦科學,和我親身經歷完全吻合:在經濟系教用電腦做數學和做神風特攻隊差別不大…
Economics professors rank second in terms of horribleness according to a study by the Economist, after their colleagues in Mathematics and before those in Computer Science. Now, imagine teaching computational mathematics in an economics department…

 

今套高達嘅High Grade模型同舊時嘅唔同,基本上係全骨架,關節非常靈活,部件亦去到好細。比起只係綠色嘅嘍囉Graze,隻Gundam Barbatos顏色多好多,好多位係細到貼紙都無送,真係少啲耐性都唔掂。

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ELB趣談

中午下課後,從演講廳所在的地下乘升降機回學系所在的十樓。同乘有五六名護理系女生,大概是大一新生,嘰哩呱啦的談得興起:

「剛才上課有沒有看到?阿A真係越來越姣,阿B就越來越來越Man!」(我暗道:女生講是非,正常。)

「就是!唔怪得大學有咁多Les。」(噢,原來如此…)

「男人就係唔掂囉!」(嘩,真係躺著也中槍。)

然後,「你我突然靜了」。(被發現了!)

一眾女生尷尷尬尬的,靜靜乘到十樓…而護理系其實是在八樓。