Bootstrapped prop ultra low latency trading firm (as opposed to a firm which originally had investors and later kicked them out), and I'm willing to cut significant equity. see http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2835656 for some discussion of what I do.
I'm not a traditional finance guy, and I'm definitely not looking for a banking drone. Most of those tasks are handled by cron anyway. Sanctity of weekends are preserved.
The ideal candidate: mastery, to the level of obsession, with C/Python/coreutils; insatiable curiosity; inquisitive to a fault; chutzpah to challenge every assumption and assertion; calm under pressure; and desire to be involved in every aspect of the business.
Windonauts need not apply (I currently use 2 27" iMacs in the office)
I tried working with financial recruiters at the very beginning and realized that the type of candidates they present are really interested in a cushy job with a strong salary and significant returns on the upside and no downside risk, which puts my risk control desires at odds with their profit desires.
If I come off as arrogant I sincerely apologize. As a person, I am not particularly arrogant. With regards to some points, like about using cron to do tasks, there are good reasons for bringing that up: I have worked with a broker who literally opened and copied text files using notepad to send off compliance reports (which i had originally sent to them via FTPS). When I pointed out to the employee that a cron job or task scheduler item could automate the process, the answer was along the lines of "then I wouldn't have a job". And i would classify that type of role as a drone role.
This is the second story about a "drone" that I've heard in 3 days. I'm surprised that people like this slip by and linger without providing much value . . .
There was a time, as late as 5 to 10 years ago, where people were needed in the process. Nowadays, the same motions are being repeated because those people don't want to lose their jobs. And they are sufficiently low cost (250K is paltry for a 100M business) that the institutions themselves aren't really incentivized to streamline.
I honestly don't see what aspect of that post is arrogant? Could you elaborate, because if there is something in there and I don't see it, I don't want to make the same mistake (I'm not be sarcastic!)
Bootstrapped prop ultra low latency trading firm (as opposed to a firm which originally had investors and later kicked them out), and I'm willing to cut significant equity. see http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2835656 for some discussion of what I do.
I'm not a traditional finance guy, and I'm definitely not looking for a banking drone. Most of those tasks are handled by cron anyway. Sanctity of weekends are preserved.
The ideal candidate: mastery, to the level of obsession, with C/Python/coreutils; insatiable curiosity; inquisitive to a fault; chutzpah to challenge every assumption and assertion; calm under pressure; and desire to be involved in every aspect of the business.
Windonauts need not apply (I currently use 2 27" iMacs in the office)
Excited? intransigence123@gmail.com