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The FIX Protocol and Finance

RymRym
in Technology
Wall street pays my bills.

This is the sort of crap I'm doing on a daily basis. ;^)



I'm not kidding when I tell you that understanding that protocol and its basic workflows (along with some basic knowledge of trading and good Linux sysadmin skills) makes it almost trivial to get a good salary in New York.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_Information_eXchange

Comments

  • CremlianCremlian
    Oh god Rym you did your shoulder move at the beginning of that....
  • RymRym
    Cremlian said:

    Oh god Rym you did your shoulder move at the beginning of that....

    That's my trademark at this point.

    It's my Phantasmagoria Preen.
  • AndrewAndrew
    Who is this Brandon? Is he your evil, corporate twin?


    Do your co-workers refer to you as Rym or Brandon?
  • MattMatt
    Cremlian said:

    Oh god Rym you did your shoulder move at the beginning of that....

    You should've seen what he was doing with his legs.

  • MATATATMATATAT
    Yeah I was thinking he should have interjected and said "call me Rym" and then the guy would probably get really confused.
  • RymRym
    Andrew said:

    Who is this Brandon? Is he your evil, corporate twin?


    Do your co-workers refer to you as Rym or Brandon?

    My younger coworkers know me as Rym. Everyone else knows that's my "stage name" and leave it at that.

  • Josh BytesJosh Bytes
    edited April 2015
    Heartbeat sound effect in the outro music is a nice finishing touch. Rym has his finger on the pulse of Wall Street.
    Post edited by Josh Bytes on
  • Hitman HartHitman Hart
    It is really weird hearing Rym answer to Brandon, but good for you dude. I'm sure what you said means a lot of things to people who understand this stuff in ways I doubt I ever will.
  • RymRym
    Believe me, it is never not weird to be called that. I often fuck up and introduce myself as Rym in business contexts.

    I have actually, seriously considered changing my name in the past. Research concluded that it's a nightmare to do so.
  • MATATATMATATAT
    I've never looked into changing my name, but our last name is legally Macdonald. It used to be MacDonald but my grandpa thought by differentiating it slightly it would help with things in life, but everyone just writes MacDonald anyway.
  • Victor FrostVictor Frost
    I hit the middle ground with my name and just set up "Victor Frost" to be the name of a DBA. That way I can tell people I'm Victor Frost and not have to worry if they write a check to that effect.
  • no fun girlno fun girl
    Rym said:

    It's my Phantasmagoria Preen.

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  • sK0pesK0pe
    So you're telling me I have to teach myself to be really good at Linux and I will be someone worth hiring straight out of University?
    Better add another installation.

    Instead OSX and Windows machines Universities should just have Linux on all the CS machines.
    MATATAT said:

    I've never looked into changing my name, but our last name is legally Macdonald. It used to be MacDonald but my grandpa thought by differentiating it slightly it would help with things in life, but everyone just writes MacDonald anyway.

    Do kids refer to your grandfather as Old Macdonald? :^)
  • BantaBanta
    That was fascinating. Granted, I had to look up half the words used, but fascinating nonetheless. Have you guys done a Monday show in this?
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