Ask HN: Books for someone who is transitioning from FAANG to finance

3 points by rallies 33 days ago | 6 comments

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 33 days ago |

Read 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

Skills aren’t just for LLMs!

rallies 33 days ago | |

this is such a great answer, thanks! printing them out and reading them today

Arbinv 33 days ago |

I 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.

rallies 33 days ago | |

Unfortunately we already have a product we're building. Probably can't find any extra time.

Arbinv 33 days ago | | |

No prob!

mmarian 32 days ago |

I used to follow Ben Felix who provides opinions based on empirical research: 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!