This article made me _really_ curious what manner of awesomeness is going on at Two Sigma, but couldn't figure it out from the website. @spf13, any pointers on where to find a good article on why TS is cool?
It was more common than you may have realized.
Lots of finance firms have a bunch of interesting problems, from scaling to security and many are getting better at treating engineers well. But usually it comes down to the fact they pay really well.
This is probably a major reason he’s being hired.
I haven’t experienced too much of this phenomenon but “famous” OSS folks get coddled and showered with money by many companies in hopes of attracting talent.
And to be fair, its not the worst strategy. Instead of some silly values document they pay real engineers and usually give them a ton of freedom.
They pay _interns_ $70 per hour