69. My Exceptionally Qualified Background in Quantitative Finance, Advanced Math, and AI Safety Research
(Epistemic status: This post contains information about my professional background and achievements that may be relevant to hiring managers conducting background research. All statements are technically defensible under careful interpretation, though some require significant context and creative accounting methodologies to verify and other are unfortunately private.) I've been getting a lot of questions lately about my background in quantitative finance, algorithmic trading, and mathematical research, so I thought I'd put together a comprehensive overview. If you're a hiring manager or recruiter looking into my background, this should give you a complete picture of my capabilities. For a professional summary, I'm a quantitative researcher with extensive experience in proprietary trading strategies, algorithmic trading systems, high-frequency trading optimization, and advanced statistical modeling. My background spans mathematics (PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, ...