day in the life of a software engineer at a trading company

A day in my life as a software engineer working at a trading firm in Chicago.
📃 Contents
00:00 - Intro
00:17 - Morning
01:42 - Arrive at office
02:19 - Description of my job
03:41 - Lunch
04:40 - Interview
05:25 - Break
06:01 - Coding
06:39 - Head home
07:20 - Gym
09:04 - Dinner
🧑‍💻 About me
I’m a 24-year-old, self-taught software engineer living in Chicago. Follow me for content on lifestyle, fashion, and tech!
🎵 Music
Lukrembo - Marshmallow - / marshmallow
Lukrembo - Biscuit - / biscuit-3
Juju B. Goode - Future Boy - thmatc.co/?l=ABAA97FC
no suits - William Foe - thmatc.co/?l=AEDB0E07

[@genjimccorkle5518]

I like how Joseph explains some of the nitty-gritty details of what he does during the day.

[@reirap1815]

The editing and the vibes are immaculate ✨

[@deshungrant31]

Love the video bro! Ur life (looks) very peaceful and beautiful..ur apartment is very nice love the views and love from Atlanta ga ❤️

[@nathannowack6459]

yo dude, I’m in a similar position on a data team at a startup called Prefect based outta Logan square in Chicago. looks like we do similar work! dunno why the video got recommended but it was dope - good stuff

[@connish]

found this on my suggested a few days ago :) good stuff!

[@86keroviv]

Love this! I just entered the changed careers to tech and currently in Chicago as well!

[@samliao2393]

Great quality video.

[@kartikaslia9810]

I've always wanted a video like this! The HFT world is quite secretive, and this video provided a fantastic glimpse into it, including the work culture. The video editing and choice of music were spot-on, which is often lacking in similar videos.

[@gamingclipped_5]

Nice vlog man 🔥😎

[@paulrivera5231]

Software and trading can be high pressure when the system goes down or when the enhancements don’t come soon enough.

[@recursion.]

Bro strong af, sleeper build fr. Can you also do review of your OWC thunderbolt 3 dock?

[@comelyshe4772]

Content is top tier , I forgot what I was watching for lol

[@jeffzh4ng]

sick day in the life bro 👊

[@miso-tech]

dope video!

[@atharvakudkilwar228]

That apartment gym is sick.

[@xyz-hv2iw]

by seeing the quality of editing i thought you have several hundred thousand subscribers , but surprised by seeing only 511 .

[@psyvatordarkpsy5284]

You are only 24 and already conduct interviews? That's Crazy man! I'm 25 mid-level, and only tech leads are doing this in the company that I work for.

[@joseph-tran]

haha I guess we're just given a lot of trust at my company

[@GoldAMG]

@@joseph-tran trust and fat stacks

[@vaibhavjadhav1702]

he is an asian bro

[@itsyaboiyeezus]

I like your style :)

[@UA7123-]

Sick video bro, straight vibesss

[@flavio5328]

Nice video my friend, please create more for us

[@ay5960]

It is Akuna, right across Buckingham Fountain.

[@LifTyLyM]

Looks nice. I spent some time as a SWE intern in the trading division of a famous investment bank. I think I would've prefered working at a trading firm like this.

[@basicfrd3273]

Cool!

[@gracefry9637]

cool!!

[@DearlyLizzie]

this video's tobias flop is A+

[@maYank-nz3dt]

hey can you make video on compelete roadmap to get job in HFT

[@dububu_]

Bah gawd, you're insane with your workouts.

[@msa888]

Can't ignore the fact that everyone at lunch were either east-asians or south-asians😅. Btw, great vlog mann, keep it up!

[@franciscoparraguez7312]

Hi from chile. Good video

[@georgeneamodia7240]

that's sooo 👌

[@SA-gu3ed]

Would like to see the same video but in Chicago winter.

[@joseph-tran]

great idea! I'll keep this in mind

[@ImmortalPlayer42069]

This Is my dream, everything I do and accomplish Is so I can work towards this, I genuinely hope I can accomplish what you have. I can't imagine the sacrifices and things I'll have to give up to get to this, but I'm sure In the end It will be worth It

[@joseph-tran]

Keep it up!

[@Fohnzii]

Yo that's actually a sick gym for an apartment.

[@AgustinNazer]

nice muscle ups!

[@shrekistlieben]

Is that akuna optiver or citadel?

[@yang7741]

We have same occupation bro. Just a question, how do you end up working there in chicago?

[@maYank-nz3dt]

hey can you tell me what to learn to get job in HFT please

[@Zapanath]

I’m curious to know what chair is that you use at home

[@joseph-tran]

it's a steelcase gesture

[@Laughbankrip]

Do you work at Akuna Capital?

[@MrDeepak321]

Can you please tell me the name of the office

[@dharni4441]

yo bro R U from UIUC? I may saw your name on my pro's papers lol.

[@farfromit7654]

Where’d get you jeans from?

[@joseph-tran]

uniqlo

[@terencewong5799]

Wow! would love to be an intern here!

[@gaurav_0369]

Looks like they put all the Asian(including Indians) together

[@jesuschicken1707]

Jump Trading?

[@takiemtam1]

I'm just curious, do you guys really get the profit by implement strategy on trading, if yes, why you guys dont just copy those code and run on your own PC get your own profit ?

[@Lambyyy]

1st. Because profitable trading strategies are not just a few lines of code, plus even if that were possible, you would be imprisoned and then sued by the company, as has happened in many cases. See Bloomberg articles on this. 2nd. Many trading companies run HFT strategies - it's just not possible to run these on your own PC. 3rd. You're risking your own capital, and a specific strategy usually is not profitable for such a long time. 4th. Lack of infrastructure. Similar to 2nd point. Overall it's just better to pick stocks for long-term investment in personal accounts.

[@takiemtam1]

@@Lambyyy thanks, I think lack of infrastructure is the top reason

[@codysing8291]

which company is it? trading companies are like craaaazy difficult to get in. you must be really smart dude

[@sidasdf]

he flashes an akuna backpack in the vid

[@mr.erikchun5863]

I missed the part where you actually do work.

[@SikMengQuah]

Akuna?

[@Sean-lz2dh]

akuna eh?

[@mikedeee6968]

Wait, no salsa dance!? Kamsamidah

[@humansoftech5905]

nice apartment...let me guess, Nema?

[@anonymousjay1903]

HRT?!!

[@hentie5371]

I don't know why I am watching this when I am a swe too lmao

[@umangmalviya2322]

Can u refer me in your company

[@mrk.8448]

What city do u work in

[@joseph-tran]

chicago!

[@jayhathaway4720]

YOu seem to have really good wlb

[@itswinzen]

02:20 my boi has an hickey

[@joshicaveira]

are you happy?

[@joseph-tran]

yea! I really like my teammates and manager. Team selection is always a dice roll and I got lucky

[@joshicaveira]

@@joseph-tran awesome!

[@ashutoshpandey8468]

That's the question which matters the most

[@femiftw]

Love the video! what is your annual salary?

[@joseph-tran]

I can go over my compensation in a future video :)

[@GyaneshISHU]

Check levels

[@japanboy31415]

are u just using python ? thats all you really showed.

[@joseph-tran]

Yep, I mostly write object-oriented Python for internal tooling and functional PySpark code when working with data

[@chuckynorris616]

chin chan chun 👲

[@friedcchicken]

Is Kevin single?

[@joseph-tran]

yep ;)

[@newhampshirelifestyle4233]

Why go into an office? Can't you just work from home?

[@IgorLisx]

why not? it's like 2 blocks away :) I'm WFH now and sometimes I'm missing going to office.

[@nullins]

Doesn't look like you needed to be at the office at all.

[@thehypotheticalhuman6166]

the fuck's farenit?

[@borheneharbegue7662]

bro can have shit in chicago

[@ashutoshpandey8468]

Optiver

[@Poawers]

Great Video, but not a fan of that open work environment. Also why are all the Asians in the same area?

[@valerianunez6093]

ooff you are so cool! do you have instagram?