Takeaways from the Jane Street bond prospectus

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Post by henrik_w » Wed, May 01, 2024, 8:05 AM UTC

Re: Takeaways from the Jane Street bond prospectus

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Post by peterhadlaw » Thu, May 02, 2024, 11:26 AM UTC

They discriminate employment based on what school you go to, or at least they did circa 2013

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Post by 55555 » Thu, May 02, 2024, 11:30 AM UTC

peterhadlaw wrote: post #2

They discriminate employment based on what school you go to, or at least they did circa 2013

Don't all companies do this? That's why the name of the school you went to is on your resume.

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Post by udev4096 » Thu, May 02, 2024, 11:32 AM UTC

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Post by anonyfox » Thu, May 02, 2024, 11:32 AM UTC

If I remember correctly they are also by far the biggest poster child for OCaml, right? Blub Paradox at play here?

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Post by pquki4 » Thu, May 02, 2024, 11:35 AM UTC

peterhadlaw wrote: post #2

They discriminate employment based on what school you go to, or at least they did circa 2013

Even so, probably not nearly as much as McKinsey

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Post by padjo » Thu, May 02, 2024, 11:37 AM UTC

SBF got his start there right?

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Post by yodsanklai » Thu, May 02, 2024, 11:37 AM UTC

anonyfox wrote: post #5

If I remember correctly they are also by far the biggest poster child for OCaml, right? Blub Paradox at play here?

They're more than a poster child, they made a lot of contributions to the ecosystem. OCaml would be different without them.

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Post by hendzen » Thu, May 02, 2024, 11:44 AM UTC

Jane Street made 4.4bn net income in Q1 2024 w/ 2600 employees.

Tether made 4.5bn net income in Q1 2024 w/ probably <50 employees.

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Post by tourist2d » Thu, May 02, 2024, 11:45 AM UTC

peterhadlaw wrote: post #2

They discriminate employment based on what school you go to, or at least they did circa 2013

I imagine they also "discriminate" on skills and previous jobs you have too..