Why I Traded Trading on Wall St for the Terminal (And Why You Should Care)

Speaking from experience, most people think leaving a Hedge Fund to write code is career suicide. They see it as trading the penthouse for the plumbing.

They are wrong.

In the hierarchy of leverage, the “plumber” who builds the pipes owns the water supply. The banker is just renting a bucket.

I didn’t leave finance because I hated money. I left because I r…