Simkin: Joined SIG with no finance knowledge after studying deaf culture
Todd Simkin · #119 Todd Simkin: Making Better Decisions · Sep 7, 2021 · at 21:44
Todd Simkin, trader and educator at Susquehanna International Group (SIG), explains his non-traditional academic background prior to entering financial trading.
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“I joined Susquehanna in 1997 straight out of college. I went to University of Virginia undergrad. Unlike sort of the stereotypical finance background, I studied a combination of anthropology, psychology, linguistics, and education. And I, it was combined into a major that focused on deaf culture and language, so American Sign Language and deaf communities. So I came into the firm not knowing the difference between a call and a put.”
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