SBF and the Philosopher's Stone
This is a parody. I don't know these people or anyone involved and I took liberties on timeline & characters. It's based on my background as an MIT alumna, algo trader, tech founder, and HPMOR fan.
[Author’s note: This is fiction.]
NYC, 2017.
We’re in a big office space. The windows are darkened. It’s like a casino— we don’t know what time of day it is. Clusters of desks sport 2 to 11 monitors each, screen after screen of financial charts, models of financial data, computer code. This is Jane Street, a quantitative trading firm.
A young trader turns …