thebrowncat

Get curious about your thoughts and all the crap going on in your mind. Learn about mindfulness meditation and make it a habit.

A wearable head massager/tickler. It's possible to buy head massagers which are hand-held, but that completely defeats the purpose. I'm aware this is a male-dominated community, but as a woman, I know other women would pay a LOT if this product existed.

I was banking on it happening in the next year or so. If it’s not going to happen until 5 or 10 years then it seems like not joining in with the fools now and investing in FAANG stock / bitcoin means you’ll miss out on massive gains in the interim...

Yes, this point is lost on a lot of people here. Even if a bank gave me a huge mortgage for an ‘adequate’ house, what if I get fired? Or what if I go insane and can not keep working? It’s not easy to find another job at the same pay level.

And I’m very mindful of the global financial situation we’re in now, after Covid - rising inflation, almost every asset class already overpriced... it’s not sustainable. If they raise interest rates we’re utterly screwed..

Banks have worse hours than hedge funds just due to tradition, and you have to wear proper attire to work, and the upside is not as large as in hedge funds.

OP here. What's the equivalent for data science / ML / stats type jobs? I'm not a pure software engineer. Any code I've even written in my job has been for experiments, not for end products.

I agree mostly. But staying at my parents’ grand house really brings home the difference in quality of life.. I like baking but barely have any worktop space in my tiny kitchen in London; they have a massive kitchen with a table in it etc etc

I guess that’s what’s subconsciously been my plan for the last while. It’s just that on the rare occasions I’m with extended family and I’m reminded of what’s truly important in life, it brings my unhappiness to the fore again, and I resolve to try and do something about it.

The other issue with trying to power through the job whilst absolutely hating it, is that your performance suffers and you end up getting fired. The turnover rate in quant finance is extremely high and it's not just because people voluntarily quit.

I'm guessing you've just taken the average Silicon Valley salary in USD and converted it to GBP. Europe doesn't pay the same way as SV...

Thank you - I've read Ikigai and loved it :) Could probably do with another read!

Prop. The difficulty is getting the job in the first place.

You have summed it up exactly. The salary and talent pool have bi-modal distributions.

Thank you. I've been trying to make mindfulness a habit for a while now. I'm hoping it will clarify what it is I actually want to spend my time on.

Well, I certainly have the ability to pass hard interviews with a lot of preparation, but there comes a point where you wonder if it's at all worth the effort.

I'm working in a small company as it is. Quant finance is meaningless by its very nature, big company or small.

The problem is that I want to create a life with my partner... and I don't want to ruin his career. If I were single I would move back in a heartbeat.

Less than 2 years. My previous gig was 2.5 years. Before that was 2.5 years. It's obvious I never last long anywhere!

If I could switch companies easily I would. But you need to be insanely good at math/statistics to pass the interviews, which I'm not, and you need to show enthusiasm for the role, which is difficult.

The problem is the salary differential between my industry / FAANG versus everything else. It's a bi-modal distribution.

Just because it's Google doesn't mean I'll be interested. A job is a job, as I see it. Why would working on ads be any more meaningful than my current job, even if it's using ML? Although if it were 100% remote, that definitely trumps my current job.