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Originally Posted by E90Alex
Any reason you are interested in HFT in particular?
Why not other funds/portfolio management companies?
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I have an electrical engineering background and was looking into possible routes that I could take, not exactly the most obvious ones. Being that I really enjoy doing digital hardware design (FPGA's) I came across HFT. I started researching and saw that there was some descent overlap between what I had been doing in school and in the field with what these HFT developers work on.
THEN... I started reading about the ethical dilemma and it worried me because I don't want to start on a path that could end up hitting a wall within the next couple years.
At the end of the day, no reward without taking the risk.
Side note is that I really don't know anything about finance. But when it comes to job positions as an HFT developer, they all say that finance experience is not necessary. Makes me think that they aren't looking for the finance type, as if they are trying to pull someone similar to my background into the mix.