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Lihong went from pre-law kid to Jane Street intern, IMC trader, and founder of Freeport Markets.
He breaks down how he prepped for quant interviews, handled competing offers, and why he left a $350K+ role to build in AI. Plus why Jane Street is seen as the top firm in quant, and why so many quants are leaving for AI labs.
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⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:00 Why He Wanted To Be A Lawyer
02:08 Humanities Kid Obsessed With Soviet Math
06:00 Did Math Help Break Into Quant?
07:10 Why Duke Over Cambridge And Columbia
09:45 Humanities Kid To Quant Trader
11:14 Apply Here to Get into Quant
12:33 The Freshman Year Pivot To Trading
16:16 Ditching Law For Trading
18:25 Exploring Before Declaring A Major
20:31 Software Engineering Accelerator
21:24 Almost Kicked Out Of Duke
25:11 What The Duke Saga Taught Him
26:00 Landing The Akuna Internship
28:42 Interview Prep Strategy And Resources
30:58 How Many Prep Hours It Takes
33:33 Intern Pay At Akuna Vs Jane Street
35:17 How It Felt Earning At 19
36:53 Inside The Akuna Internship
39:36 Where Akuna Interns Ended Up
41:14 Second Recruiting Cycle And Jane Street
44:04 7-day Software Engineering Roadmap
44:33 Why He Didn't Negotiate Offers
46:47 Why Jane Street Is Top Dog
49:25 Quant Brain Drain To AI Labs
52:30 Why Not Everyone Leaves For AI
53:48 What Jane Street Does Differently
56:20 Choosing IMC For Full-Time
57:27 IMC Pay And Salary Trends
58:26 Trading Semiconductors At IMC
59:28 Where Quant Is Heading
1:01:19 Why He Left To Found Freeport
1:05:11 Would He Ever Return To Quant?
