I was wondering why SBF seemingly behaved like an innocent man. Giving interviews, talking to podcasters, remaining at his residence.

Why didn’t he make a run for it?

If he did take all those billions as was claimed, why didn’t he move to a country that doesn’t extradite or just move off the grid for a couple years?

Was he burnt out? complacent? drugs?

Or did he never have that money in the first place?

  • squiblet
    33·
    10 months ago10 months ago

    Jane Street doesn’t hire non-smart people, and to have passed their hiring process he has to at least have been a talented programmer.

    • TranscendentalEmpire
      110·
      10 months ago

      That’s not true at all… Connections go a lot further in wall street than intellect. Even if you’re an extremely talented trader, unless you’re taking a lot of risk, you’re still going to be doing just slightly better than average. The most important aspect of trading is convincing people to join your portfolio, so people with affluent families have a huge advantage.

      • squiblet
        20·
        10 months ago

        Being a programmer for JS who does trading is very different than being a regular trader.

        • TranscendentalEmpire
          30·
          10 months ago

          I’m sure that’s the imagery that Jane Street’s marketing firm has spent a lot of money developing.

          We don’t really know what he did at Jane Street, it’s not like the company is going to go into detail about hiring the biggest fraudster in modern history. What we do know comes from what SBF or his lackeys told michael lewis, who is also a known liar…

            • TranscendentalEmpire
              20·
              10 months ago

              I’m not sure you know who Jane Street is.

              I understand they do quantitative trading, which is mostly just a new marketing term for something people have been doing for ages.

              they do not have clients. Jane Street invests on their own behalf,

              No… They are a liquidity provider, they still have clients.

              As far as what you said about connections and convincing people to join your portfolio, that’s not relevant as JS traders do not have investment clients

              Liquidity providers rely on clientele and reputation just as much as any other trading company.

    • driving_crooner
      10·
      10 months ago

      Was he an employee of Jane Street?

      The only thing I know about them is that they sponsor one or two of my fav math youtubers.

      • squiblet
        31·
        10 months ago

        Yes, he interned there and then worked for them for a few years after graduating from MIT. If you’re not familiar, they’re a financial trading firm known for heavy use of esoteric functional languages such as OCaml and being difficult with job interviews.