Just read about Kairan Quazi switching from SpaceX to Citadel Securities and honestly it's wild how this guy's career trajectory keeps shifting. Started at SpaceX at 14 working on Starlink production software, now at 16 he's heading to NYC to do quantitative trading instead. Says he wanted faster feedback loops - seeing results in days rather than months.

What's interesting about Kairan Quazi's move isn't just the job switch, it's his reasoning. He's choosing finance specifically for the intellectual pace and challenge. And apparently Citadel attracted him because they actually care about merit and ability rather than age, which makes sense given his whole background - interned at Intel Labs at 10, finished college at 9.

The NYC independent living thing is kind of funny too. Going from being driven to SpaceX by his mom to a 10-minute commute in Manhattan on his own. Kairan Quazi basically proving that when you're genuinely talented, the traditional career path doesn't really apply to you. Curious to see what he does in quantitative trading.

Anyone else following these kinds of prodigy stories or is it just me?