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\nUndergraduate University:<\/strong> Shanghai Jiaotong University
\nCFRM Cohort:<\/strong> 2014
\nCFRM Graduation:<\/strong> 2016
\nCurrent Location:<\/strong> Redmond, WA
\nCompany:<\/strong> Microsoft
\nTitle:<\/strong> Data Scientist<\/p>\n
Q: What is the best part of your current position?<\/strong> Q: How did your time in the CFRM program help you with your career path?<\/strong> Q: What was your most memorable event or activity during your time in the program?<\/strong> Q: What advice would you give incoming CFRM students?<\/strong> Q: What was your favorite CFRM course?<\/strong> Alum Tao Lu was a student in the Computational Finance and Risk Management Master of Science campus cohort of 2014. He has had a successful career with Microsoft, where he started as an intern while in the CFRM program, and remains there today as a Data Scientist. Tao recently shared …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-spotlight","category-department-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/compfin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/compfin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/compfin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/compfin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/compfin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2487"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/compfin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2489,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/compfin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487\/revisions\/2489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/compfin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/compfin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/compfin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/compfin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTL:<\/strong> Exposure to the cloud and cyber security industry. The great people I work with. Opportunities to speak to our customers and hear their problems.<\/p>\n
\nTL:<\/strong> Fundamental math courses and the coding courses (R) are very helpful. The social events the program organized also helped me with my soft skills, like communication and outreach.<\/p>\n
\nTL:<\/strong> I remember going to the events hosted by CFA Seattle, and meeting people in the financial service industry. I liked the very dynamic atmosphere and the different people there. It helped me to land my first job with the Capital Markets Team at Microsoft Treasury.<\/p>\n
\nTL:<\/strong> Connect with people in the industry, get to know a couple industries you like deeper, and work on your soft skills. I’m very confident that your technical skills are good enough for an entry-level position.<\/p>\n
\nTL:<\/strong> I liked Asset Allocation and Portfolio Management [CFRM 503]. It helped lay the foundation for understanding portfolio management theory. It’s also practiced in the asset management field when constructing a portfolio with different asset classes. I found it very useful when on the Capital Markets Team, managing Microsoft’s cash and investment portfolio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"