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Two Sigma Unleashes 730,000 Data Scientists in Algo Contest

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-01/two-sigma-unleashes-730-000-data-scientists-in-algorithm-contest

Great concept, really. Gather a few thousand nerds together and offer them bragging rights plus $25k in prize money for the best trading algorithm. Brilliant!


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25k is pennies for a good algo... these data scientists getting ripped off for their work lol


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