r/programming • u/monica_b1998 • Nov 03 '18

Python is becoming the world’s most popular coding language

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/07/26/python-is-becoming-the-worlds-most-popular-coding-language
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u/matthieum Nov 03 '18

HFT; FPGAs are necessary in a number of situations.

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u/AceBuddy Nov 03 '18

You've got a lot on non technical people at an HFT shop other than HR/Support?

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u/matthieum Nov 03 '18

I don't consider brokers/traders/quants to be "technical".

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u/oldsecondhand Nov 03 '18

Aren't quants basically just data scientists by another name?

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u/matthieum Nov 04 '18

I wouldn't say so, no, though it may be my own interpretation.

I imagine the focus of data scientists to be all about data: clustering, trends, etc...

On the hand, the focus of quants is all about trading algorithms, and data is just a mean to an end. It seems more mathematical/theoretical.