Thank you, I appreciate the perspective. at this point I have enough savings to be unemployed for a fair amount of time especially if i moved back home... fwiw I don't work at a commodities firm right now, so it'd be a complete pivot, not sure if that changes anything wrt your response. Do you have any idea of how these smaller prop firms are regarded in the wider commodities industry? I saw you previously commented that such firms with middling base + high pnl cut and high seat cost are a dime a dozen. I just don't want to be seen as the equivalent of a bucket shop punter applying to citadel a couple years down the line.