How chainsmoking made me a quant

> was soul searching in college after 2 years of degeneracy

> the 3 domains I was interested in (AI, defense, nuclear) were gatekept by capital and/or govt regulation (this is 2017)

> realized I need to get rich asap so I can enter those industries

> read a book on hedge funds: "more money than god" by sebastian mallaby

> fascinated by the RenTec story

> Jim Simons was highest paid hedge fund manager that year taking home $1B or so

> decided he's my spirit animal cuz he was also a chainsmoker

> started learning to code and trade and jumped into the quant arena