> It's not the company's fault On the contrary, I think Jane Street's entire modus operandi is doing things in a novel way, to attract/keep talent (and this is

> It's not the company's fault On the contrary, I think Jane Street's entire modus operandi is doing things in a novel way, to attract/keep talent (and this is self perpetuating). There are many firms as successful as Jane Street, or more so, that use completely boring, but functional tools: Java, C++, Visual Studio, IntelliJ, and so on. But Jane Street PR is through the roof - everyone knows it, everyone wants to work there, whether any of it is practical or not. It's a counter-example to the mantra of "choose boring tools".