- Is patenting first a recommendation before engaging in VC talks for a startup? I have an idea in proof of concept with promising results from market research but the lack of money for patents is making me having second thoughts on looking for seed investment. Consumer fintech
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- Quants or traders here? Working on a fintech platform that simplifies derivatives(options, for now) research/analysis for retail investors. I'd love to get some feedback from pro quants/traders on what I'm missing or is a must-have. Please comment or DM me if you'd be willing to help!
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and industry lounge. - Transition from Physics PhD Graduating now with a Physics PhD from Harvard doing mostly experimental work, recently squeezed in some device simulations and modeling. The only CS class in my entire life I have taken is called Data Science which I found myself pretty comfortable in. Spent the past 6 years on coding side projects
- Bringing down big banks 1 interview at a time After my in-depth research of the financial industry in the late 2000s (read: after watching The Big Short, Inside Job and Wolf of Wall Street) I am convinced that banks and hedge funds don't have society's best interests in mind and are willing to sacrifice anything for profit. I want to bring the
- link Is banking really coming to an end? I’ve yet to see a bank Failure or see a finTech company take over a bank and it’s assets in the 10 years fintech became a thing. From my perch all I see is a lot of VC money getting burned and banks picking up the best of the best for a premium rather than pissing away money on research and developm
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- Want to move to Core Tech Hello, I'm looking for new grad referrals for Twitter, Uber, Lyft and FAANG companies. I'd prefer SWE/ML Engineer roles. About me: I'm trying to move from fintech/consulting to core tech. My last two internships were at a Bay Area startup and IBM Research. Before that I worked at McKinsey & Compan
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- Early Career Strategy for UX Design Generalist I’m looking for a new job in UX / product design. I have a bit under 2 years experience building internal fintech tools and sales dashboards that are actually pretty cool/meaningful work and a degree from a top HCI university. Looking to this community to help narrow my search as i have a few questi