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Re:Quantitative Finance Reading List by niggler on Thursday April 25, 2013 @04:11PM (#5609549)
I think most of the easy money in startups has been made (and from here on out the dumb ideas that raised millions of dollars won't see as much money), so people are jumping back to finance.

There was never a real exodus of talent. The really talented people weathered the storm, and it seemed as if a whole bunch of B-people switched over and are now considering switching back.

Re:Quantitative Finance Reading List by freyr on Thursday April 25, 2013 @04:31PM (#5609674)
Yeah, it's been weeks since anybody's purchased a useless half-baked app for $30M. The bubble must be over.
Re:Quantitative Finance Reading List by niggler on Thursday April 25, 2013 @04:33PM (#5609684)
It's been more than a year since anybody's purchased an app with zero revenue for $1B.

I should clarify that I don't think the bubble is over yet, but the euphoria stage has passed