RIP Jim Simons

“Be guided by beauty. I really mean that. Pretty much everything I’ve done has had an aesthetic component, at least to me. Now you might think ‘well, building a company that’s trading bonds, what’s so aesthetic about that?’ But, what’s aesthetic about it is doing it right. Getting the right kind of people, and approaching the problem, and doing it right […] it’s a beautiful thing to do something right.”

Was sad to hear of Jim's passing. I'm not much of a math guy but I learned a lot from him going through old interviews. This Numberphile interview from 2015 is highly recommended: