Zero to One - Peter Thief
Blunt and straight to the point. This might not be everyone’s cup of tea but the way Peter describes US, Europe and China is on point. He made a good point why the US is still the best place to earn a decent living. This makes me think about starting “MSc in Quantum Tech” because it’s one of the sector that seems most possible for a breakthrough right now.
The hard things about hard things - Ben Horowitz
The absolute business book that everyone should read. Unless other books where author makes a point in one chapter and tries to develop on that for multiple pages, Ben gave his tips, lessons or advise on every single page of this book. It’s also very inspiring how he made Opsware out of Loudcloud failure. Lessons about people management and networking are also crucial, it makes me want to do an MBA.
The man who solved the market: How Jim Simons launched the quant revolution
Mixed feelings about this book, on one hand it fuels the thrist for money or join quant, it seems somehow quite vague. The timeline of the book is parallel with the development of Renaissance Technologies and Medallion Fund. Author doesn’t really explain how Jim solved the market, because probably no one knows, he just explained the concept that everyone already knows: Jim used data-driven approach, maths, or math modelling with lots of refinements. The contradictory is that even though Jim was the one who pushed for an investing strategy that exclude human-decision, whenever market experienced some turbulence, Jim was the one pullingt the plug.
Industry - HBO
This mini series is the reason why I want to pursue Trading role. So much drama but again, working close to money will get lots of it.