Re:An oral history of Bank Python
by govg on Thursday November 04, 2021 @10:01AM
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For some context (as an ex-Goldman employee myself), "Armen" in the quote is most probably https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/outlook/bios/armen-ava... , who has quite a legendary reputation within the firm for the work he's done. He was also one of the first to be hired as a "strat", which used to be how Goldman referred to its quants who sat between front office and tech systems and worked with both sides.
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SecDB/Slang originated around 1992 at the commodity trading shop J Aron, which GS had bought 1981. Later (end of the 90s) there was a push to extend it to the rest of the firm, first fixed income, then equities. Armen flew the whole world-wide strat team to NY and gave a presentation, and to drive the point home, he played a clip from StarTrek: "You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile!"
Re:An oral history of Bank Python
by collinmanderson on Friday November 05, 2021 @09:53PM
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> Prior to joining the firm, Armen was a member of the technical staff at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill.
Wow. Bell Labs too.