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Re:Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck ... by CoastalCoder on Friday July 28, 2023 @07:20AM (#36905323)
> As someone in a middling HFT shop

Hey, since we're on the topic of HFT developers...

How do people break into that area?

I've done a lot of performance-optimization work, so I thought I might be a good candidate for some of those roles.

But for all the job postings I've seen in the past ~4 months, they want significant prior experience developing low-latency systems.

Is this just a temporary thing, where the pool of already-experienced candidates is sufficient?

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Re:Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck ... by RhysU on Friday July 28, 2023 @08:34AM (#36905910)
It's like a middle school dance. If you ask enough people, someone will dance.
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Re:Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck ... by CoastalCoder on Friday July 28, 2023 @10:33AM (#36907362)
Well that helps explain my time in middle school.
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