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From video: The Quant Historian: Quant Is Dying! This Is What’s Next
Published: March 15, 2026

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Computer science students, new graduates, and software engineers...want to land your dream software engineering job/internship? Click here 👉 https://www.amanmanazir.com/coaching/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video_description&utm_campaign=Annanay_Quant&video=Yasib76zRjE He went from Cambridge math olympiad → Citadel quant → YC-backed founder. And he's saying out loud what nobody in finance will. Annanay breaks down the hidden world of high frequency trading, why the quant golden era is over, what's actually replacing it, and the unconventional moves ambitious 20-somethings should be making right now. This one will change how you think about your career. 🚀 Get my free Software Engineering Crash Course – https://www.amanmanazir.com/7dayengineer 🎧 Listen to all episodes of the Software Engineering Accelerator Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/swe-accelerator-podcast/id1742843726?i=1000755421454 https://open.spotify.com/episode/7JAeeIhiSd928tbK15Xb6g?si=ed592e3f65964e29 Listen to our new podcast, @TheEntropyShow: https://youtu.be/MDJQXbXPngg?si=vQqITmNzy3fhfcV1 I’m Aman Manazir, a career coach and software engineer. I interned at companies like Amazon, Shopify, and HP in college, and the day I graduated I landed a $168,000/year* full-time software engineering job. I help you make it as a computer science student & software engineer and get your dream job offer. 📄 Get my free resume template - https://www.amanmanazir.com/resume 💌 Free weekly productivity insights/advice - https://www.amanmanazir.com/newsletter 📕 Get all my free Notion templates discussed here - https://www.amanmanazir.com/notion 📝 Sign up for Notion - https://affiliate.notion.so/2nh3pjr6l5l6 📷 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amanmanazir/ 🐦 Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/amanmanazir 👉 Annanay's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annanay-kapila?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios 00:00 Introduction 01:35 UK vs US Ambition Culture 03:20 Why Americans Embrace Risk 09:30 Pulling Back the Quant Curtain 13:25 HFT, Market Making, Quant Defined 16:31 Software Engineering Accelerator 17:23 History of Trading Explained 22:50 Firms That Shaped the Industry 27:35 Why Quant Upside Has Faded 33:00 Signs an Industry Is Peaking 40:08 Robotics Is the Next Wave 44:04 Quantum Tech and Crypto's Future 47:51 Free Resource to Kickstart Engineering Journey 48:23 Advice for Young CS Grads 52:11 Losing Half a Million in 50ms 52:38 Lessons From a Costly Bug 1:00:24The Prestige Trap in Tech 1:03:26 The SF Secondary Playbook 1:06:30 Will the VC Bubble Last 1:07:49 How to Actually Get Into YC 1:11:24 What Would I Tell My Younger Self 1:16:11 Outro