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by realusername 3792 days ago
The feeling is not shared by everyone in the IT field, some people only care about the technology part and the challenges. I agree with you and also consider this industry unethical and I'm not planning to work in it any time soon but I'm sure lots of people don't mind.
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hft is about as unethical as that guy buying that apple you liked before you. speed isn't evil; it's been the deciding force in market based transactions for eons.
Except, it's not some "guy", but some stupid algo which has been given the power to ruin markets.
how on earth do algos ruin markets?