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Hi Steve, nice to see you on here and doing well! :) My first thought was Athena as well, but it could be Quartz (it started in 08-09 at BaML, vs Athena starti

Hi Steve, nice to see you on here and doing well! :) My first thought was Athena as well, but it could be Quartz (it started in 08-09 at BaML, vs Athena starting in 2006). Both Citi and Barcap also tried (albeit to less success than JPM/BaML) to do similar things. With that said, For those unfamiliar - at least two major banks run insanely large production python installs across thousands of developers. Core skills (nowadays) are python and react - and yes, we’re all actively hiring :) All of the large banks also have pretty good open source initiatives - just check out github repos for JPMorgan, BaML, or GS. We have also been active participants in Pycon (key sponsors and doing sessions, like Steve’s) since at least 2009.

stevesimmons 6y ago
This thread is a real trip down memory lane! I joined JPMorgan in 2010, as the first bank in London to offer me a Python role. I ended up staying for 8 years, almost all of it working in Athena: Commodities and FX trading; a bit of Equities; then with the Athena Core team working on the machine learning environment. I learned a ton, worked with many hugely impressive people - on both the trading and technology sides of the business - and left with lots of good memories.
- tomrod 6y ago
  I remember interacting with you at one point. Time flies!
4gotunameagain 6y ago
A serious question, how do you feel about working at such a powerful bank that has been involved in so many controversies, to put it lightly? It is not a far-fetched argument that institutes like that are only a burden to society, existing only to widen socio-economical gaps. The point of view of an insider would be very interesting I think.
- Infinitesimus 6y ago
  Do you believe banks are a net negative to society? Or more about institutions that partake in trading and the like?
eindiran 6y ago
The word "bank" in the first sentence [0] links to the Wikipedia page for JP Morgan, so I'd wager it is Athena. [0] "There was one remarkable legacy system when I was working in a bank sometime back."

stevesimmons 6y ago

This thread is a real trip down memory lane! I joined JPMorgan in 2010, as the first bank in London to offer me a Python role. I ended up staying for 8 years, almost all of it working in Athena: Commodities and FX trading; a bit of Equities; then with the Athena Core team working on the machine learning environment. I learned a ton, worked with many hugely impressive people - on both the trading and technology sides of the business - and left with lots of good memories.

tomrod 6y ago
I remember interacting with you at one point. Time flies!

4gotunameagain 6y ago

A serious question, how do you feel about working at such a powerful bank that has been involved in so many controversies, to put it lightly? It is not a far-fetched argument that institutes like that are only a burden to society, existing only to widen socio-economical gaps. The point of view of an insider would be very interesting I think.

Infinitesimus 6y ago
Do you believe banks are a net negative to society? Or more about institutions that partake in trading and the like?

eindiran 6y ago

The word "bank" in the first sentence [0] links to the Wikipedia page for JP Morgan, so I'd wager it is Athena. [0] "There was one remarkable legacy system when I was working in a bank sometime back."