Interview with a Quant Software Engineer from Jane Street | Vincent Cai | Ep.1

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In this video, I interview my friend Vincent, an incoming software engineer at Jane Street, on how he came to pursue quant swe. We cover his childhood, academic background, work experience as well as the quantitative finance industry as a whole, quant swe, and what it's like to work at Jane Street.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:47 Video Roadmap
1:14 Kai Introduction
1:32 Vincent Introduction
1:59 The Journey to Quant SWE
9:13 What is Quant Software Engineering?
14:38 High Frequency Trading (HFT) and Jane Street
21:48 Software Engineering Recruiting Advice
28:54 Reflection and Insights
30:50 Rapid Fire Round
32:15 Closing