Quants worth following: Vinesh Jha, CEO of ExtractAlpha

"Quants worth following" is our latest interview series hosted by CEO and Co-founder of Databento, Christina Qi. In this series, we aim to highlight thought leaders in the quant trading industry that we believe deserve more recognition and recommend people to follow.

Christina sat down with Vinesh Jha, CEO of ExtractAlpha and Estimize, to discuss the distinctions between working in quant trading and the data world, navigating industry trends, analyzing datasets, and sharing career advice.

Stay connected with Vinesh on LinkedIn:
www.linkedin.com/in/vinesh-jha/

Read the blog here: to.dbn.to/VineshJ

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:14 - From quant trading to starting a data company
2:51 - Pros and cons of working in quant trading vs. data
4:12 - Lessons learned from running ExtractAlpha
6:27 - ExtractAlpha's popular signals and datasets
8:06 - Trends in the data space
10:38 - ExtractAlpha's most niche datasets
13:11 - Industry trend predictions
15:23 - Career advice

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