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Trader vs Researcher Is the Wrong Question: The Five Axes That Decide Your Quant Career

Titles barely describe the job. Every quant seat is a point in five dimensions; sort by where the alpha comes from and the field collapses into six families. How to pick the one that fits you.

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What I Went Through in the Jane Street Quant Trader Interview

A personal, first-person account — two technical rounds and a Super Day of market-making games — from someone who got the internship offer. What he actually noticed, shared as-is.

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Problem of the Day: Keep or Play: Optimal Replay in a Coin-Flipping Game

Today's problem: Keep or Play: Optimal Replay in a Coin-Flipping Game

Aug 10, 2026 On Substack ↗
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Lithium Fell Because the Market Believed Its Own Shortage

If you are interviewing for a commodities or buy side seat, lithium is the case they reach for to see whether you think in supply chains or in TAM slides.

Aug 10, 2026 On Substack ↗
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Problem of the Day: Pirate Hat Puzzle: Cooperative Parity Strategy

Today's problem: Pirate Hat Puzzle: Cooperative Parity Strategy

Aug 3, 2026 On Substack ↗
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Problem of the Day: Glosten-Milgrom Zero-Profit Bid-Ask Quotes

Today's problem: Glosten-Milgrom Zero-Profit Bid-Ask Quotes

Aug 1, 2026 On Substack ↗
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The 99%-Accurate Test That's Wrong 91% of the Time

Interviewer: “A test for a rare condition is 99% accurate.

Aug 1, 2026 On Substack ↗
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Problem of the Day: Expected Sum of Rolls in the Coupon Collector Problem

Today's problem: Expected Sum of Rolls in the Coupon Collector Problem

Jul 27, 2026 On Substack ↗

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