What I Realised When I Get 26

08-25

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I was wrong.

Recruitment is not that dramatic, at least not like dramatic cases happening very week...Also a lot of cases are too sensitive to publish, for now. So to add something probably interesting to my job posting, I am going to include one of my articles from previous diary, which I also hope it can be somewhat useful to some people. It is in English because I wanted to pratice my English writing. So this time the full article will be in English. But I will try to translate very soon!

To be honest, I am not sure about posting too much of my personal experience or feelings, since I rarely did this before. I dont know if it is appropriate, and I dont have confidence in my writing skills to illustrate what I really want to say. But I always love to share with people what I experienced and what I feel. So I will try to do it this way at least this time and if there is any suggestion about my articles from you guys, I would really appreciate it if you can share with me.

Before that, please view the NEW POSITIONS I started working on this week!

Global Leading HFT Fund

For Quant Researcher:

A PhD from a top-tier university
1-3 years of research experience in high-frequency trading
A strong background in mathematics and statistics
Proficiency in back-testing, simulation, and statistical techniques (auto-regression, auto-correlation, and Principal Component Analysis)
Solid data-mining and analysis skills, including experience dealing with a large amount of data/tick data
Familiarity with signal generation and statistical models
Strong programming skills in C++, MATLAB, and R

For Quant Analyst:

Ph.D. in Statistics/Mathematics or Physics from a top-tier college or university
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
Strong knowledge of C++, Python, and Linux.
Understanding of application of relevant mathematical theory and models to large datasets.
Use of programming tools.

For Experienced Quant Trader:

Have a strategy that is currently and consistently profitable; open to all markets and asset class categories
Excellent Return on Capital (ROC)
A proven track record (not just back-test data)
Experience at a proprietary trading firm, hedge fund or bank
Degree from a top college or university

Quantitative Modelling Analyst

World Leading Investment Bank

In this role, you will be doing quantitative modelling and working with trading desks to maximize their revenue targets under costs by delivering analytics for pricing and risk covering all asset classes.

The successful candidate must have the following:

Strong development background in C++ and extensive knowledge of markets
Experience in Exotics Modelling in Interest Rates Options over a range of products and models. Additional knowledge in FX Options or Hybrid Options a plus
Clear communication and strong stakeholder management in a Front Office environment
Excellent analytical, communication and presentation skills

VP, Consumer Portfolio Analytics Manager

In this role, you will be managing a team to perform risk analytics of retails lending product portfolios, and working closely with Credit Approval, Collections, Finance and Business teams to identify credit risk issues

The successful candidate must have the following:

At least 7 yeras of working experience in data analytics-related areas
Knowledge of SAS EG/BASE for data manipulation and analysis
Familiarity with retail banking products and services
Working knowledge of the banks systems and reporting infrastructure
Demonstrated people management skills

Aryas Chatter

As my age goes up, I feel I have more and more to write. Now I realized why I was so bad at writing when I was a student. Well of course the biggest reason is that I was bad at it. But another one is that at that time I knew nothing and I didn』t have any experience.

Born and grew up to 14 in a small village, then 3 years in a small town, 4 years in a 3rd level city, then Nanjing, Shanghai, Europe, Singapore. These 26, or more specifically the recent 12 years, were full of changes. So many changes that my mentality has to adapt to them and reflect well.

The first change I need to adapt is friend circle, I have different friends in each period. This is the biggest regret that I have for my changing life. I had many good friends, but now I am so far away from them, having so different experience. Compared with some people who were born and grew up in big cities, they have stable friends that they can claim with 10 or even 20 years of friendship. I don』t have that kind of friendship. I only have middle school friendship, high school friendship, college friendship, Maters friendship, exchange school friendship, internship friendship. We had very good relationship when we were together, we liked each other and we talked a lot with each other. But as time goes and we need to say goodbye. And then we all have different friend circles. Some of them may stay in the same if they don』t need to move to another place or a big change in their life. For me, my life is always changing. My friends are changing and I really feel upset not being able to talk with my previous friends, not being able to even have one friend that I can talk and hang out with all the time.

I am glad that I can have new friends, but with these new friends, our background are just so different. It is good as we can learn so much from each other, we can broaden our horizon. But it can be less pleasant because for me, I have never came across anyone who was as poor as me, or even bore in a village. Its not because I feel sad that I am poor but because I feel that I didn』t have as much good education as they did, that I didn』t have as diversified experience as they did, that I don』t have as good taste as they do, that I don』t have as many skills like drawing or dancing as they do. Don』t get me wrong, I am not ashamed of who I am or where I come from. I am pride of my parents and myself to be at the current status. I just feel this distance from them, the distance that probably makes me less likely to be close friends with them because we are just too different, our values are too different.

The second one would be with family. I don』t remember how many times I have dreamed about going back home before I really did in June, especially after Honey told me he was going back home. I was angry because he didn』t keep his promise that if he go back to China again next time, he would go to my home. But I do understand his desire to be with his parents. It had been more than 1 year since he went back last time. One year ago my little niece was still toddling and muttering some funny words. Now she can already run very fast and talk with people, and even has a younger sister. I never realized so much changes before if I don』t go home for a long time (longest time was 14 months). Because at that time all my family were grown ups, I didn』t see anything changed in them. Now I see my little nieces, getting bigger and more energetic so fast, I can truly feel that my parents are getting older.

I blame myself for being selfish, only want to enjoy life but don』t want to take responsibility as a daughter. Seeing other people in my friend circle sharing their close relationship with their parents, taking funny pics together, making jokes on WeChat, showing their love for each other. I am really jealous of that. I havent had much common topics with my parents since my second grade at primary school when they start being unable to help me with my study and couldn』t keep up with me growing. They didnt have enough education and more importantly they didnt have enough time. They spent most of their time trying to make the very low salary to support me and my brothers education, and even my brothers marriage. I felt heartbreaking when my father was struggling in learning to type on his phone, not because he was too old to use electronic products, but because he was not familiar with Pinyin. Until now he only uses handwriting to type on the phone. I understand for a lot of my old friends during childhood, their parents might be the same. But now, as I have new friends, I have this new insight how people can be close to their parents, I feel sad to realize that I have been so far away from my parents, physically and mentally.

I know how hard it is to achieve the so called social class move-up. The life that I am having right now was never imagined by me even 3 years ago. I dreamed of going into supermarket and choose whatever I want to eat, now I can but there are not much things I want to eat. My biggest dream about appearance back at high school was to have a pink jacket down to knees, a knitted hat, and a pair of boots, and it only cost about RMB 300-400 to buy all the stuff. Now I can buy a more expensive dress without much thinking but I dont care that much about what I wear anymore.

When I was reading the book "Brave New World", there was one scene about the factory to nurture babies from sperms/eggs to childhood: to make "lower class" kids hate beatutiful things (to avoid them getting distracted while working), they torture them repeatedly when they want to get close to beautiful things like flowers. I had so many feelings about the sentence 「All conditioning aims at that: making people like their unescapable social destiny.」 I was the one who was constantly conditioned to be a lower class. I developed immune system to a lot of delicious food, to beautiful clothes, to the lust for wealth, and even to the handsome guys (true sad stories..). But now I feel so lucky that I can think about my experience in a more objective way and I am able to appreciate who I am.

I understand I do need to take sacrifices if I want something that I never had or even never dreamed of having. To fight for better life, for me and my family. I will continue to be positive, continue to work hard, continue to improve myself.

My Company：

https://www.ambition.com.sg/

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