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Jim Simons's five guiding principles

Jim Simons, subject: Jim Simons's published principles, 2010

David Senra calls Jim Simons's published five guiding principles excellent.

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About this work

The principles include pursuing novel problems instead of crowded fields, recruiting talented collaborators, valuing aesthetic judgment in organizational work, persisting through setbacks, and acknowledging luck; the Simons Foundation published the talk as an essay in 2020.

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Best if you want Jim Simons's stated operating principles directly, in the form David Senra calls excellent.

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  • Principles in Simons's own words
  • A direct, specific endorsement

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