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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever regretted working on a product? by kharms on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @10:18AM (#18503272)
Not OP, but I think of jobs like theirs as being about marginal utility - how much better off is the world if trades are executed .001 seconds faster? It seems that for a lot of jobs the answer is not at all.
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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever regretted working on a product? by tinus_hn on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @01:44PM (#18504945)
The traders are better off than those whose trades are executed 0,001 seconds slower. That’s why they make it faster.
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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever regretted working on a product? by mverwijs on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @10:40AM (#18503457)
I agree.
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