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Todd Simkin: SIG operates on the belief that traders are made, not born
“Susquehanna has always had a very growth mindset perspective on, on teaching trading, you know, before Carol Dweck had even shared her views on growth mindset. That is, that has always been the company's position is that traders are made, not born.”
Simkin: Susquehanna requires traders to continuously vocalize their decisions to peers
“A big part of our approach to education is to teach people to talk through their decisions and to talk about why they're doing what they're doing with their peers, the other people on their team.”
Simkin: Susquehanna shields feedback providers from knowing a trade's financial outcome
“When people talk about trading decisions that they've made to more experienced traders or to peers who can give them feedback on it, we do everything we can to shield The person giving feedback from knowing the results.”
Simkin: Joined SIG with no finance knowledge after studying deaf culture
“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 …”