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01Cohort2026.06.08
The house of quants, and everywhere it went
D.E. Shaw hired scientists in 1988 and accidentally built the most valuable alumni network in finance. Track where they landed.
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The house of quants, and everywhere it went
D.E. Shaw hired scientists in 1988 and accidentally built the most valuable alumni network in finance. Track where they landed.
02Cohort2026.05.25
The quants are leaving for the machine god
For thirty years the smartest math kids went to trade. A growing share now gardening-leave their way to AI labs. Names, numbers, and what it means.
03Data2026.05.11
What the quant firms actually pay, 2026
H1B filings, intern disclosures, and a leaked sovereign-wealth pay grade. Where the money sits, by role, seniority, and city.
04Profile2026.04.27
The anarchist commune that runs on OCaml
Jane Street has no CEO, hires people who have never seen a market, and writes everything in a language almost no one else uses. It is one of the most profitable firms on earth.
05Profile2026.04.13
The firm that refused to hire anyone who knew finance
Jim Simons built the best track record in market history by banning Wall Street experience and hiring codebreakers instead. Then he closed the fund to everyone but his own staff.
06Profile2026.03.30
The poker table that became a trading firm
Susquehanna trains every new hire on poker before it lets them near a market. The founder calls it a training ground, not a game.
07Thesis2026.03.16
Nobody good hires finance people
The four most successful quant firms ever built share one hiring rule, and it is the opposite of what every job posting asks for.