Jane Street's Sneaky Retention Tactic
10 months ago
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- #migration
- #finance
- Jane Street uses an obscure French programming language as a sneaky retention tactic.
- Hedge funds employ unconventional methods like counting cars in satellite photos or shipping gold for profits.
- Building a compiler for a homegrown language is an eyebrow-raising strategy.
- The article discusses various finance topics including commodities, taxes on stocks, and prediction markets.
- Migration policies in the West are leading to plummeting numbers of new arrivals.
- Japan's obsession with rice has led to ballistic prices and extreme political measures.