<commit_before>Title: Computational Investing, Part I (Coursera) Review
Tagline: "I'll give you a MOOC!"
Date: 2013-12-02

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I was trying to debug an ugly script. It was supposed to simulate an event study using Bollinger Bands, but I couldn't get the output to match the example.

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"Fucking finish it later," Kelly yelled from the other room, "our plane is leaving in 2 hours!"

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"Okay, okay, I'm packing!"

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I stuffed a couple of shirts into a bag, then sat down to search the course's forum for help. The last couple of weeks had been a marathon of work and study and I was determined to leave it all behind for the week. I knew the answer was close. I had understood the task, I was certain, but the interpreter was being stubborn.
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Then Gene entered my life. Gene posted on the forum without an avatar. Gene used caps lock liberally; exclamation marks to end sentences. Gene reminded me toward the end of a rant, that there should be "no BUY orders in the first and last 20 days!". I remembered something about that in one of the videos and, honestly, I didn't understand why that was the case, but I cut 20 days off the start and end of the data sequence, punched the values into the exam and...passed!
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I heard a horn in the driveway.
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<p>
"The cab is here!"
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</p>

* [About The Course](#about-the-course)
* [My Background](#my-background)
* [Signature Track](#signature-track)
* [Course Overview](#course-overview)
* [What I Loved](#what-i-loved)
* [What Could Be Improved](#what-i-would-improve)
* [Summary](#summary)

***

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## [About The Course](#about-the-course)
<commit_msg>If <NAME> married Josh: <NAME><commit_after>Title: Computational Investing, Part I (Coursera) Review
Tagline: "I'll give you a MOOC!"
Date: 2013-12-02

</p>

<div class="intro">
I was trying to debug an ugly script. It was supposed to simulate an event study using Bollinger Bands, but I couldn't get the output to match the example.

<p>

"Fucking finish it later," Kelly yelled from the other room, "our plane is leaving in 2 hours!"

</p>

<p>

"Okay, okay, I'm packing!"

</p>

<p>
I stuffed a couple of shirts into a bag, then sat down to search the course's forum for help. The last couple of weeks had been a marathon of work and study and I was determined to leave it all behind for the week. I knew the answer was close. I had understood the task, I was certain, but the interpreter was being stubborn.
</p>

<p>
Then Gene entered my life. Gene posted on the forum without an avatar. Gene used caps lock liberally, exclamation marks to end sentences. Gene reminded me toward the end of a rant, that there should be "no BUY orders in the first and last 20 days!". I remembered something about that in one of the videos and, honestly, I didn't understand why that was the case, but I cut 20 days off the start and end of the data sequence, punched the values into the exam and...passed!
</p>

<p>
I heard a horn in the driveway.
</p>

<p>
"The cab is here!"
</p>
</div>

</p>

* [About The Course](#about-the-course)
* [My Background](#my-background)
* [Signature Track](#signature-track)
* [Course Overview](#course-overview)
* [What I Loved](#what-i-loved)
* [What Could Be Improved](#what-i-would-improve)
* [Summary](#summary)

***

<a name="about-the-course"></a>

## [About The Course](#about-the-course)

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