>Most people I've met that actually got jobs at top HFTs were quite curious about a lot of topics in school (and still are with extra time they have).
yeah and that's the worst part, they take the brightest minds of the generation and have them working on moving money around instead of building fusion rockets
Tbf many of them were pretty jaded/burnt out by trying to do academic research before fully taking the plunge. I'm sure there are smart people drawn by the money right out of the gate, but other fields have also done a really good job of driving people away.
