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by pdovy 12y ago
I think the question you need to ask yourself is what do you actually want to do? As someone who works as a developer in the HFT space, I can back up what others are saying - you could be making more than you are now either as a quant or a
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by pdovy 12y ago
I think 10 hours is a lot, but I would consider it if the position was really intriguing. Calibrating tests like this is pretty difficult though, anecdotally. We give out a work sample test that we think should take 2-3 hours maximum and t
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by pdovy 12y ago
The last I heard OpenDNS was using it for some data processing and Skylight was using it - see "Is Rust Ready Yet?" in http://cmr.github.io/blog/2014/01/12/the-state-of-rust-0-dot... . This is
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by pdovy 12y ago
Same here, although I primarily use it because trading Vanguard ETFs is free, which is mostly what's in my portfolio. Other brokers probably provide better tools, Vanguard's views are adequate but nothing special really. They do
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by pdovy 12y ago
Awesome! I certainly get wanting to keep the feature set more limited while you gather feedback. I look forward to trying this out at some point in the future.
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by pdovy 12y ago
This looks really interesting, glad to see some new development in the area of C++ IDEs. That said, it's disappointing that they have explicitly tied this into CMake. This limits it's usefulness / ease of adoption for anybod
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by pdovy 12y ago
Most of the core stuff I work on is in C++, but I regularly transition over to Python for automation tasks, data processing, testing, etc. As much as I like C++, Python is much better for manipulating data IMO - the cost of the mental cont
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by pdovy 12y ago
Besides what others have mentioned, it's worth noting that at this point is almost impossible to hand pick most of your loans. They get dumped onto the market at set times, and most of the "good" looking low grade loans are
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by pdovy 12y ago
I think the thing in the OP's article that many folks can identify with is the "chain yanking" that goes on in many interview processes. I don't think we'd be having this much discussion if the original article went
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by pdovy 12y ago
Different communication mediums are better / worse for different tasks. Lisp might be great for formally writing something down, where you want to have zero ambiguity. That's not the way human conversation works though, we are a
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by pdovy 12y ago
I'm not sure how you could come to that conclusion, given that after discussing numerous studies the article concludes with the summary: "The upshot is that futures markets–and the speculation that occurs therein–provide a public
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by pdovy 12y ago
These types of non-competes are pretty common in the US in my industry (finance). Generally upon your leaving the firm has the option to enforce your non-compete for a length of time (often 6 months to 1 year), but you are paid some (usual
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by pdovy 12y ago
Speculators get a bad rap, but actually play a pretty important role in futures markets by aiding price discovery and providing a more efficient transfer of risk between hedgers. To make money they need to try and accurately forecast where
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by pdovy 12y ago
That doesn't really seem to follow, to me. The worst a single creditor could do is not bid, or bid for higher rates in future treasury auctions. The terms of existing debt are fixed. The impact of this wouldn't be large unless
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by pdovy 12y ago
Is that something you had to call and ask for? Doesn't seem to be an option for me on their website through my existing account.
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by pdovy 13y ago
This is really great! One comment I would have is that it'd be great if you had more educational materials. Your site eases entry into this type of investing for folks that might technically fall under the accredited investor umbrella
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by pdovy 13y ago
Does that really work well in practice, though? I find that I might get the base functionality down to a workable state, but then as you add the bells and whistles you're likely to find and fix your own bugs, realize you need to refac
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by pdovy 13y ago
I think there should be some discussion about setting up a SIPC equivalent for Bitcoin exchanges. Each exchange/operator contributes dues that provide a fund for compensating losses in the event of a member's insolvency. That wo
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by pdovy 13y ago
I think a big part of the problem is that people generally aren't good at judging the value of other's contributions unless they are working directly with them or managing them (and even then, hit or miss). Having salaries be comp
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by pdovy 13y ago
Full disclosure, I do work for an HFT firm. To the last part of your argument: significantly change who is able to benefit from asymmetric information by inducing others to take the wrong end of zero-sum trades, which is what HFT is design
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by pdovy 13y ago
Virtually all trading volume today consists of buying and selling old securities -- essentially, legal claims on existing assets. The sale of new securities issued to finance the creation of new products and services -- for example, a comp
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by pdovy 13y ago
Interesting! One of the slightly counter-intuitive solutions the city has implemented in recent years are flow restrictors in catch basins that service street storm drains. The rationale is that the sewer system can't handle the combi
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by pdovy 13y ago
That may be true but a year out when new feature X just needs to "work", the time necessary to make that happen is going to depend in part on the quality of the foundation it's being built on.
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by pdovy 13y ago
You're really twisting my words quite a bit here. We give out a very greatly simplified version of a real (solved) problem so that we're screening for skills relevant to the position, not because we need people to work for free.
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by pdovy 13y ago
Hm, I guess I didn't think about it that way since we wouldn't actually ever give out "real" work, we give out the same problem (which is an extremely scaled down version of a real application) to most everybody who pass
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by pdovy 13y ago
I'm curious, is this a money issue, i.e., you refuse because it feels like working for free? Or is it just a principal thing? I doesn't seem unreasonable to me to ask even a senior developer to do a small coding assignment as par
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by pdovy 13y ago
There seems to be a lot of criticism of the suggestions here, but I think they are good ones. It seems to pretty much boil down to: (1) Spend a lot of time discussing accomplishments at their current / previous employers. If you dril
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by pdovy 13y ago
I would think this would be common sense at any job - unless otherwise specified in your contract the work that you do for your employer belongs to your employer, full stop. According to the article he freely admits that what he took inclu
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by pdovy 13y ago
I'm curious, what can they really appeal here? It seems like the biggest impact of the ruling is the circulation of the ruling to other jurisdictions and the referral of the matter to local / federal authorities. Is that something that is
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by pdovy 13y ago
When I was looking to buy my first house a year ago, I was pretty interested in the deal Redfin is offering, which is basically that they take a smaller percentage in exchange for more of the burden being on you during the buying process. I

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