boshalfoshal

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by boshalfoshal 3y ago
Fair enough - I just think this "bubble" has decent utility (arguably better than crypto, for example), and saying "AI" itself is a bubble, as the title proclaims, is something I disagree with. ChatGPT and generative mod
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by boshalfoshal 3y ago
I think its a bubble but the numbers companies like nvidia are putting up right now are no lie, and from tech companies perspectives its better to invest in a potential trend than to sit on the sidelines, which is why everyone continues to
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by boshalfoshal 3y ago
I think (federal) holidays should be reserved for largely non-secular, non-corporate events/times that ideally have significant historical or cultural impact on our country. Juneteenth is an example of this, imo. I think adding the day
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by boshalfoshal 3y ago
Take a look at the balance sheet - this is probably mostly attributable to the activision aquisition.
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by boshalfoshal 3y ago
Same here. Been on android for several years now mostly because of Tachiyomi (and also KeepassDX, which is an amazing keepass implemenation for Android. I recommend you check it out if you are a keepass user).
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by boshalfoshal 3y ago
These sound largely like management/product direction issues and is not really indicitive of bad engineering quality. I wouldn't be concerned about the quality of your resume.
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by boshalfoshal 3y ago
Keep in mind companies planned like it was sustainable and hired a lot because from a business perspective, its much easier to overhire and lay off later than it is to be understaffed during a period of potential unprecedented growth. It do
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by boshalfoshal 3y ago
I know of a few places actively looking into ASICs/hiring xilinx/intel/amd hw engineers to work on them, but from what I can tell the majority just use FPGAs.
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by boshalfoshal 3y ago
Do you work at/have worked at a trading firm? Frontrunning is indeed illegal and several firms get fined for it. I was at a top trading shop and we and other places take compliance pretty seriously nowadays. Otherwise (if you aren&#x27
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by boshalfoshal 3y ago
Having fast C++ code is always good even if its not directly responsible for execution, but yes typically order entry and trade parsing at really serious HFT firms is done with an FPGA/ASIC. Sometimes a trade packet wont even hit the s
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by boshalfoshal 3y ago
re (2) for execution code, its actually the opposite. Typically the execution hotpath is done on a single core and some places go as far as disabling hyperthreading to eke out as much single core performance as possible.
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by boshalfoshal 3y ago
I think direct drive has its use cases but big players (i.e waymo) use the former method of waypoint teleoperations, for the reasons you mentioned. From a business perspective its also more scalable since you can just remotely control the b
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by boshalfoshal 3y ago
That actually depends. You can either have teleoperators do waypoint control, or you can have them directly drive the vehicle remotely. Waypoint controling has its upsides and downsides, and so does direct teleops. The main upside of waypoi
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by boshalfoshal 3y ago
Gaming might be their worst business from a growth and narrative perspective. Wall street in general doesn't really care about gaming, just see how those companies are priced. Enterprise compute has been and will continue to be NVidias
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by boshalfoshal 3y ago
I mean, the more senior you get the more focus you have on the stuff you describe - system design interviews, leadership interviews, etc. I know a few people that interviewed at Meta E6 for example, and they were explicitly told the leetcod
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by boshalfoshal 4y ago
Yea people on here get so worked up about coding interviews lol, if you were a successful competitive programmer I am going to be very likely to hire you, just like how I'd be very likely to hire a Google SWE with 10 yoe. Its just anot
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by boshalfoshal 4y ago
No, its not the interviews. Its the proliferation of the idea that Google (and co) as the "final boss" interviews/companies and once you get in its just resting and vesting. Back in the day these companies were spots for hack
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by boshalfoshal 4y ago
I'd also prefer that I never got ghosted after an application or a coding challange and talk to a real person, but its such an effective tool for narrowing down candidates. There are places nowadays with maybe 300 or 400 engineers gett
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by boshalfoshal 4y ago
No one is going to do a face to face call with every candidate. Giving someone a coding exercise is the most time and cost effective way to filter people. Why waste time spending eng or HR hours calling someone when they can't code? As
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by boshalfoshal 4y ago
Theres a fair precedent if you use the clear and present danger doctrine. Not that I agree that it is actually an immediate threat to US national security, but anti-TikTok pundits claim it is and can spin their argument that way. Its not un
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by boshalfoshal 4y ago
This should be voted higher. People really want video games (and other things like certain drugs) to be innocuous and maybe even "healthy" but its just like any other instant dopamine rush, and can - and is often designed to be -
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by boshalfoshal 4y ago
1) Yes, most likely. Interns are usually a great investment. Intern class sizes may be scaled down from previous years though. I can see very cash strapped companies cancelling their intern program altogether, but this seems rare. Interns d
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by boshalfoshal 4y ago
Disagree. Imo, you should be at a FAANG company at least once. I liked all the jobs and internships I took and a few of them are arguably better than FAANG (hft/unicorns), but when it came time to interview for other places, I had a mu
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by boshalfoshal 4y ago
Near instant news feeds, esoteric data, well formed financial information about companies (balance sheets, cash flow, etc). IM service with other users, live market data, the ability to trade through the platform, the list goes on. Terminal
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by boshalfoshal 4y ago
fwiw, med/long term strategies are consideribly more difficult than HFT. Also, depending on the product (options, treasuries, etc.) most firms still have traders to manage strategies. For example, the top Options MM firms (CitSec, SIG,
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by boshalfoshal 4y ago
Not to mention more taxes if you are buying and selling a lot. As an individual, I would probably just do discretionary stock picks and buy & hold fundamental analysis. After working at an HFT firm, I've more or less realized that
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by boshalfoshal 4y ago
Have you ever worked at a high profile company that laid off people? I have. Everything is good and the narrative is "We aren't like other companies" until it actually happens. Its suboptimal to explicitly telegraph layoffs f
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by boshalfoshal 4y ago
At least at the companies that the article is mentioning (Citadel, for example) the pay for coding in c++ will likely be 3x _more_ than writing some basic JS. New grad packages are usually in the 4XX-5XX range.
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by boshalfoshal 4y ago
I'd say HFT/prop trading/market making/hedge funds, since those are the only places that are hiring right now and pay good money. The usual destinations for smart and motivated new grads are (not counting very early star
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by boshalfoshal 4y ago
Lol, couldn't be further from the truth. Ive gotten multiple offers at FAANG and Trading firms (thinkCitadel Jump, Optiver, HRT, IMC, etc.). Trading comp blew my FAANG offers out of the water. And if you went to MIT, CMU, or Berkeley r

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