In technology we hire by shallow skills. I don’t know exactly why, but we do.Over the years I have been following up closely, hiring, and directly interviewing candidates in many sectors related to technology…Dec 3, 2021Dec 3, 2021
QuantLET: to new beginningsThe year was 2007. It was less than a year before the financial crisis - the one that almost took down civilization as we know it - was…Aug 30, 2021Aug 30, 2021
We are back in hiring season. This time leave the ’80s behind, and do it like it is the 2020s.Here we are, finally pushing ourselves out of the hole in one of the weirdest crises in modern history. You can sense the change, that…Mar 17, 2021Mar 17, 2021
Let’s Crowd-Fix Science. It is Broken.I switched from academia back to the industry for a few years now, but I still see myself primarily as a pragmatic scientist.Jun 10, 2020Jun 10, 2020
Dear catastrophe friends,It is now 9 weeks of this pandemic. I hope you all remain safe, symptom-free, and happy.May 12, 2020May 12, 2020
No Test Kits Required: Testing Patients for COVID-19 Using DataWe are right in the middle of a big mess right now. The world economy crashing, famine, chaos. Our leaders going from hoax to chokes in…Mar 31, 2020Mar 31, 2020
No data = No science = DisasterIn case you have been away or hiding under a log somewhere and haven’t noticed, the world economy is collapsing (again) because of many…Mar 26, 2020Mar 26, 2020
Fast is Single ThreadedBeing fast is an intrinsic part of financial trading. So much so that it is deep grained in the popular idea of what a trader look like…Oct 31, 2019Oct 31, 2019
The Legacy Trader is Dead. Long Live the Computational Trader.We just don’t see them around these days, except for the almost mandatory presence on daytime television. We have to assume they have…Oct 9, 2019Oct 9, 2019
LPOCS are bad for you.LPOCS are bad for you. LPOCS are bad for the environment. LPOCS are bad for the economy and are bad for the world. I would not go as far…Jul 8, 2019Jul 8, 2019
