I ‘volunteered’ in the sense that people at Alameda reached out to me, I said ok and then got paid by the hour for my help.
‘(obscure, rural)’ is an exaggeration. ‘provincial’ would be a more apt adjective for the location. The main bank we used was SMBC, the second-largest bank in Japan.
‘for a fee’ sounds as if it was some sort of bribe to get them to do what we wanted. But we only paid the usual transaction fees and margin that any bank would charge.
Some corrections of the Sequoia info:
I’ve never been a grad student.
I’m neither Japanese nor a Japanese citizen.
I ‘volunteered’ in the sense that people at Alameda reached out to me, I said ok and then got paid by the hour for my help.
‘(obscure, rural)’ is an exaggeration. ‘provincial’ would be a more apt adjective for the location. The main bank we used was SMBC, the second-largest bank in Japan.
‘for a fee’ sounds as if it was some sort of bribe to get them to do what we wanted. But we only paid the usual transaction fees and margin that any bank would charge.
But mostly, if https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/xafpj3on76uRDoBja/the-ftx-future-fund-team-has-resigned-1?commentId=hpP8EjEt9zTmWKFRy is accurate, I’m bummed that the money I helped earn was squandered right away.