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Re:Coders who trade: Wall Street designs its staff for the f... by ForHackernews on Saturday November 18, 2017 @03:52AM (#15728307)
This sounds really interesting to me. Are there other downsides to watch out for? I imagine the security environment is very restrictive: no work from home? No root access on your workstation?

What kinds of skills do you need to get into this area?

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Re:Coders who trade: Wall Street designs its staff for the f... by twic on Saturday November 18, 2017 @04:39PM (#15730859)
The security varies a lot. At one hedge fund I interviewed at, security was almost MI5-like - no phones in the office, no direct internet access, etc. At the place I ended up working, it's rootapalooza. Not in prod, obviously - there it's sudo-a-gogo.
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