Highest level of education?

[easyguru]

Quote from Breakout:

If you're looking for a correlation between education and probability of success as a trader, I don't think you'll find one. But, there's no question education opens doors. Here's a list of
people you may of heard of. BTW, they're all high school dropouts.

• H.G. Wells
• Jim Clarke...founder of Netscape
• Jimmy Dean
• Andrew Jackson...7th President
• Daniel Gilbert...Harvard University Professor(earned a GED)
• Walter Smith...President of Florida A&M University(got his
  GED when he was 23)
• Jack London...American author
• Andrew Carnegie
• Charlie Chaplin
• Charles Dickens
• Thomas Edison
• Mark Twain

Jim Clark received a Master of Science degree in Physics form Louisiana State University in New Orleans in 1971. As a Physics graduate student, he received the Annual Gold Medal award from the Research Society of America in 1971. He received a Ph. D. in Computer Science in 1974 from the University of Utah. His Ph. D. thesis work concentrated on building special purpose hardware for 3-D graphics, headmounted displays, three dimensional input devices and interactive techniques in 3-D. His thesis was the first implementation of what is today known as "Virtual Reality". He received an honorary degree, Doctor of Science in June 1995, form the University of Utah.

He taught as an Assistant Professor at University of California from 1974 -78 and as an Associate Professor at Stanford University form 1979 - 1982.

 

[Breakout]

Quote from easyguru:


Jim Clark received a Master of Science degree in Physics form Louisiana State University in New Orleans in 1971. As a Physics graduate student, he received the Annual Gold Medal award from the Research Society of America in 1971. He received a Ph. D. in Computer Science in 1974 from the University of Utah. His Ph. D. thesis work concentrated on building special purpose hardware for 3-D graphics, headmounted displays, three dimensional input devices and interactive techniques in 3-D. His thesis was the first implementation of what is today known as "Virtual Reality". He received an honorary degree, Doctor of Science in June 1995, form the University of Utah.

He taught as an Assistant Professor at University of California from 1974 -78 and as an Associate Professor at Stanford University form 1979 - 1982.

Cool...thanks. What's the link to where you got your info. Here's the Link that I got mine from. As soon as I get your link I'll forward it
to these guys so they can fix their mistake. Thanks!

 

[easyguru]

Quote from Breakout:




Cool...thanks. What's the link to where you got your info. Here's the Link that I got mine from. As soon as I get your link I'll forward it
to these guys so they can fix their mistake. Thanks!

http://www.itu.int/TELECOM/wt95/pressdocs/profiles/clarkbio.html

 

[LongShot]

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[LongShot]

fessional


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[LongShot]

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education


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[swoop[TR]]

Being a high school drop out doesn't mean he couldn't/didn't get a higher education. These are not mutually exclusive events.

 

[LongShot]

Quote from candletrader:

Depends on your style of trading... I am one of those who made a transition from the Street to my pyjamas, which coincided with the bull market...

My Ivy League crap and my Street experience counts for nothing vis-a-vis the kind of trading I do (simple daytrading with charts)... I gotta agree with indahook (re: his comment on not needing anything past high school math in order to deal with simple money management issues)... the rest is simply discipline, the ability to adapt, and the ability to execute consistently...

Only guys going to work for hedge funds or i-bank derivative desks need complex mathematics and programming languages (but I will concede that I do some tinkering around with programming for my trading, even though it is strictly not necessary)...

in other words...


"i, candlretarde, crapped out of college.."


bwhahahaha!

i knew it, candle.

i just knew it!

HA!

:-/

 

[peg_leg_joe]

College can help you with networking and getting hooked up with the right people. Will college make you a better trader? No, not necessarily. However, here in San Francisco, there is a technical analysis program at Golden Gate University. I know several successful traders who gained a great deal of practical trading knowledge going through this program. The professors are real traders, not just teachers. TA courses are kind of a rare thing. Most business schools teach fundamental analysis and gloss over technical analysis.