First day at the new place. New badge, new systems, new faces. Different building, same tails.

Two weeks off between jobs. Kids home the whole time. Not the rest I pictured.

Last day. The six months I mentioned in January went fast. Cleared the desk, said the goodbyes, onto something new.

Handover season. Going through the whole stack session after session. Most of it never made it into the docs.

Final project topic locked. Portfolio construction with Black-Litterman and factors. Views, priors, covariance. Plenty to chew on.

Third CQF exam passed with 90.2%. Only the final project left.

Second CQF exam passed with 85%. Two down, two to go.

Pool’s open, grill’s out. Kids in the water all afternoon. Good weekend.

Third exam coming up. Head down again. Not as brutal as the first one though.

Rust is still installed. Haven’t touched it in weeks, the exams ate everything. Hoping the new job gives it a reason.

Notice period is real now. Work slowing down, handover starting. Odd feeling after three years.

Second CQF exam submitted. Halfway through the program now.

Internal RAG finally live at work. Retrieval over our docs, pipeline, embeddings, the whole thing.

First CQF exam passed with 93.6%. Onto the second one.

Spring holidays, finally. Heading to the south of France with the family. Sun, beach, and nothing on the agenda.

Spring is here. Sun’s out, garden is waking up, and it’s officially barbecue season. Hard to stay inside.

CQF exam submitted. Feels good to have that one behind me. Now I can breathe a little.

Almost finished the first CQF exam. Long stretch of late nights but it’s coming together.

Bought the early access of Slay the Spire 2. Really fun. Great way to unwind after long days.

Rust still going. Added Databricks training to the mix. CQF Module 2 is deep into risk. VaR, GARCH, stylized facts. The stack keeps growing. Late nights after the kids are down, same as always.

Last ski days of the season. The mountains are done, no more snow. Kids loved it. Made every run count.

I produce nothing. Figures, models, scripts to tie it all together, but nothing you can hold. I love the work though. Still sitting with that one.

Module 1 exam done. Back in the gym after a break. Already signed up for ARPM after CQF wraps up. Rainy weekend with the kids, the best kind.

Last lecture of module 1. Martingales, fair games and the idea that the best prediction of tomorrow is today. The Omnissiah reveals truth through expected value.

The Vue dashboard lives. Components render, data flows. The machine spirit is pleased.

Still at it with Rust on the side, and picking up JavaScript and Vue. The CQF has its hooks in me though. Late nights after the kids are down, learning on all fronts.

CQF week two. Random walks again but deeper, probability density functions, and stochastic calculus. Getting back into serious math after years away from studies is humbling. The pieces are starting to connect though.

Closed a door, opened another. Signed for a new role, handed in my notice. Six months to go. Sometimes the timing just aligns.

First CQF lecture. Random walks and the binomial model. Recalls my studies. It’s a commitment that my wife carries too, more time with the kids so I can study. Feels like we’re both doing this one.

Started learning Rust. The compiler fights you until you learn to think its way.

Snow outside. Personal projects, kids, CQF math primer, back day at the gym. The kind of Sunday that recharges.

The Dygma Defy sits on my desk. I try it, give up, try again. Muscle memory is a stubborn thing. Frustration is a habit. Ergonomics won over aesthetics though.

Currently surrounded by unquantified risk but it’s not in the portfolios.