Nope not in the financial industry. Consult in tech, Marketing Engineer of sorts. Have applied to YC before. In 2008 however I was very much involved in the fi

Nope not in the financial industry. Consult in tech, Marketing Engineer of sorts. Have applied to YC before. In 2008 however I was very much involved in the financial markets, as an independent options and quant trader(avoiding calling myself a day trader, but that would be accurate too). Never worked for GS or any of its real competitors. Have worked on a proprietary trading floor(wouldn't call GS a competitor still unless making a pun on how insignificant we were compared to GS) and have worked in retail finance in the past. Made some decent returns on put options positions on GS between August and November 2008. Hence intimately familiar with the stuff happening around them in that period. I'm deeply interested in financial services, tech and law. and I will chime in time to time, mostly when there is some misinformation or blatant disregard for the regulatory infrastructure flying around. Not giving any more information as of now, not because I cannot, not because I am famous (I'm not), not because I have any conflict (I have none), I generally like talking under a small guise of anonymity that HN affords, I'd like to keep that for now. edit: removed unnecessary information not required in a disclosure.