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Ask HN: Books for someone who is transitioning from FAANG to finance
I have been an AI engineer for the last 10 years of my life, and have continued to build small algo-trading systems during my weekends.
I'm getting into finance full time and starting to build a product in the net worth tracking / agentic finance / LLM driven investing space (B2C)
I would love to read up on as many books as I can just to deeply understand the field, the way things run, etc.
Recommendations? Doesn't have to be just books. Would also appreciate any advice.
- yepyoukno 4mo agoRead the Anthropics GitHub finance skills files!!!! How much better a curated knowledge distillation can you ask for? There are multiple repositories with relevant materials, though this one is most evident. https://github.com/anthropics/financial-services https://github.com/anthropics/financial-services Skills aren’t just for LLMs!
- rallies 4mo agothis is such a great answer, thanks! printing them out and reading them today
- Arbinv 4mo agoI am looking for someone with your background. I have an existing finance content offering and looking to build tools for our audience. Let me know if interested.
- mmarian 4mo agoI used to follow Ben Felix who provides opinions based on empirical research: https://www.youtube.com/@BenFelixCSI/ https://www.youtube.com/@BenFelixCSI/ Might end up demotivating you though if you want to do something in algo trading. His TLDR is just put your money in well-diversified index funds. I know it certainly been the case for me!