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You made my day. What a joyful, weird, fun projec!

Oh wow, blast from the past! I do too. I published a sociology paper on this in college that may be of interest! (2000) The social organization of audio piracy on the Internet (Med…

That would be much appreciated - thanks!

I'm an HP-12C guy since working on a trading desk and have 2 of the OG bronze colored ones and 2 of the HP-12C Platinum that are faster and silvery. But since I've been re-learning…

Location: NYC / Old Greenwich, CT Remote: In-person or hybrid preferred but would consider remote Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Software, systems, people, finance Résumé/CV…

An agricultural company hedging the price of soybeans is precisely hedging, not speculation. The insider information they have is their supply/demand/pricing picture. That's differ…

This is fascinating and well worth reading the source document. Which, FYI, is the Opus 4 system card: https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/4263b940cabb546aa0e3283f35b686...

I'm surprised when people are surprised that Google's interview process is obnoxious. That's pretty well established by this point, both by Google employees and others.

Probably should take the logo off of the image of the safe if the intent is to avoid naming the company.

"It is intuitively obvious that an open access hedge fund will generate more intelligence than a closed system built on a pre-internet, pre-cryptocurrency, pre-AI organizational de…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset-backed_security

Among other factors, salespeople have a large variable component to their compensation. They tend to be highly economic animals in a way that most engineers are not. Hence a former…

It also skips the part where the team being hired gets a large signing bonus.

I'd take it a step further and argue that asset appreciation was an intended outcome of ZIRP.

Are you a professional investor?

Agreed. I kind of don't get Trello. Always thought of it as kind of a lightweight "stack of cards" analogue best used for simple high-level planning along the lines of a Kanban boa…

No, but the prevailing myth is part of what a previous commenter referred to as the area becoming the new Wall Street. All the carpetbagging MBA types I'm acquainted with who would…

The toolchain isn't the point. That's the difference between someone with business judgment and a plain ol' geek.

Agreed. This kind of thing would definitely get an interview from me as well. Stands out very well against a sea of indistinguishable resumes from big-name schools. There's simply …

If this interests you, definitely consider taking https://www.coursera.org/course/reactive

Please email if you do.

The term "hedge fund" covers a tremendous range of firms. That said I would look out for the same things you'd look out for in any funding arrangement: price, control, dilution, li…

Would love to buy you a beer and hear more of your story, should you visit SF.

Love it. I hope they can deliver meaningful throughput.

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