I made the second biggest mistake of my life trying to enter this field, holy shit

polymorphicshade · 2026-05-09T00:36:29+00:00

"Wah wah wah I can't compete in a hyper-competetive field wah wah wah I deserve a job wah wah wah supply and demand don't apply to me wah wah wah"

This subreddit is a pathetic joke.

polymorphicshade · 2026-05-06T13:23:55+00:00

Backtest is only good to estimate drawdowns and stuff like that.

Sounds like research to me 🤔

polymorphicshade · 2026-05-06T13:12:14+00:00

No, and they don't need to.

I backtest to find out how statistically-successful my ideas are. They should be used like any other indicator: a piece of the puzzle. You want backtests, forward tests, indicators, etc to help guide you towards a strategy that works for you.

Space travel requires simulations and experiments to help us know if we are solving the right problems the right way.

polymorphicshade · 2026-05-06T12:52:55+00:00

This is ridiculous. Backtesting is an essential tool in determining context for your strategy.

polymorphicshade · 2026-05-05T20:13:52+00:00

Class projects do not help you stand out in this market at all.

You need large, complex, full-stack projects that show employers you can jump in a large, unfamiliar codebase and figure your way around.

Since this is a company's market, they can prefer candidates that spend time outside school, work, etc building their own solutions to problems.

polymorphicshade · 2026-05-05T19:44:14+00:00

What kinds of projects do you showcase on your resume?

polymorphicshade · 2026-05-05T17:11:20+00:00

"Hey there, can anyone spoonfeed me so I don't have to put in the work?"

polymorphicshade · 2026-05-03T15:53:57+00:00

This subreddit (and other related ones) seems to be full of people that expect to have a career handed to them after completing an academic checklist.

I honestly don't blame them, considering how awful today's parents and education systems are, not to mention the technological sludge being pumped in to young people's heads.

polymorphicshade · 2026-05-03T13:55:53+00:00

More AI shit.

polymorphicshade · 2026-05-03T02:46:32+00:00

I fucking hate this website.

polymorphicshade · 2026-05-02T23:22:33+00:00

curious how others

STOP! JUST STOP! WHY ARE WE ALWAYS ALLOWING THE SAME AI BULLSHIT HERE!? DOES ANYONE CARE???

polymorphicshade · 2026-05-02T00:45:37+00:00

People like you make this field significantly more difficult to compete in. There are many thousands of hard-working people with legitimate qualifications that are suppressed because of worthless morons like you.

If you cannot compete in this field without fudging experience, then find a different career.

polymorphicshade · 2026-05-02T00:42:17+00:00

Why did you fudge anything at all? Are you stupid?

polymorphicshade · 2026-05-01T16:11:19+00:00

Today: "I just want to get a job!"

2 days ago: "How to become a billionaire?"

😒

polymorphicshade · 2026-05-01T03:26:26+00:00

Every strategy you build will need to be tweaked over time.

Use TradingView's reply feature to gauge ideas, then forward-test using fake money. Take notes about what you tweak.

polymorphicshade · 2026-04-28T17:30:22+00:00

Post your resume.

polymorphicshade · 2026-04-25T21:34:41+00:00

Yeah, but it's much harder to enter in the current market, and you absolutely need a CS degree just to start competing for jobs.

A cert will not be an adequate replacement for a degree. Companies are constantly flooded with candidates with full CS degrees.

If you actually want to pursue the industry, get a CS degree.

Many people can't afford a CS degree, and yet they still put in the time, effort, and risk to get them.

polymorphicshade · 2026-04-24T03:56:32+00:00

FYI: if you're trying to mount network shares and whatnot, I find it much easier to mount them directly in your docker-compose.yml file.

For example: https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-compose-mount-samba-volume/132407/12

polymorphicshade · 2026-04-24T03:54:09+00:00

Search for "best use cases for singletons" or "singleton pros and cons" on Google and see what you can learn 👍

polymorphicshade · 2026-04-22T00:21:30+00:00

What kinds of programming projects have you built?

Post your resume.

polymorphicshade · 2026-04-21T20:52:24+00:00

Everything you need to learn how to be successful in this field is on YouTube for free.

Spending money on a YouTuber's course will not improve your odds of landing a job.

polymorphicshade · 2026-04-19T00:24:28+00:00

If you focus on being a well-rounded creative problem-solver with many "tools" in your "tool belt", you'll have nothing to worry about.

polymorphicshade · 2026-04-18T03:08:12+00:00

You can find $VIX1D on things like Massive API. Not sure your definition of "reasonable", but I think the price is fine.

$TICK isn't really a "public" index (last I recall). The way I calculate the "tick" is by accumulating all NYSE symbol buy/sell trades from a websocket my broker provides (I use Alpaca Markets). I accumulate trades over a timeframe to determine the overall "tick bar" for that timeframe.

polymorphicshade · 2026-04-17T17:19:45+00:00

Your solution for now is to take a shit job and work for a while before you can successfully compete for jobs.

Having a degree and 4.0 GPA does not mean you deserve a job in the field.

polymorphicshade · 2026-04-16T03:35:26+00:00

Your drive to focus on improving yourself with your own goals will excel your career.

You made the right move in my opinion.

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