BrentRitterbeck

I am moving out to Mountain View to start a job on October 22, 2012. I have a place to stay until I find something more permanent; however, I am trying to find something quickly. Are there any readers that have a room to rent/sublet?

I'm here in Cleveland looking at the cost of housing in Mountain View. I've checked Craigslist and some of the apartment websites in the area. I am aware that housing is much more expensive in Mountain View than it is in Cleveland. Unfortunately, all I have to go on is what I can find on the web. I was hoping some local could answer the following question: Is it possible to find reasonable accommodation (apartment, bedroom sublet, etc.) for a single person under a $1,000 / month (long-term) close to North Shoreline?

I fly out to Mountain View for an interview on Wednesday (interview is on Thursday). I have been researching housing options in the area, and prices are all over the place. The company I am interviewing with is a startup. If I end up out in Mountain View, it's to spend the majority of my time helping to build this company. I pretty much only need a place to keep my essentials and to sleep. Would I realistically be able to find a room (not a full apartment) somewhere near Mountain View for under $700/month?

Background: I am analyst for a bank. My role is somewhere between number cruncher and quant. On some days, I'm just running calculations; on other days, I'm in the deep end of the mathematical finance pool. I have a degree in financial engineering, and I dedicated to the field of risk management.

I have identified a piece of software, used by many in a role similar to mine, that is simply insufficient for the regulatory environment the banking industry is moving towards. The GUI is slow. Documentation for anything beyond rudimentary functionality is practically nonexistent. What documentation that does exist sometimes contains significant errors. At times the system will simply return nonsense. At other times the system may not even finish, crapping out hours into a run.

I remember Paul writing about approaching banking from a tangent. This is that tangent. Not only is the software used for interest rate risk purposes (what I do), it's also used for liquidity modeling, credit modeling, and capital modeling.

I'm fairly comfortable with C++. Are there any people on HN looking to start a financial risk management software company? Are there any people with a background in credit modeling, interest rate modeling, etc. that would like to be a cofounder? I am 100% confident that this space could use a new company. Feel free to contact me. My email address should be visible.