Two Years, One AI-Resistant Skill: Three Perspectives from an Algo Trading Conference
ORIGINAL / 2 years, 1 skill AI can't replace | Algo Trading Conference 2026
At QuantInsti's 16th Annual Algo Trading Conference, a panel titled 'How AI is shaping careers in financial markets' featured three speakers offering different views on the one AI-resistant skill worth learning in two years, providing diverse perspectives for quant career planning.
01 ABSTRACT
The content comes from a panel discussion at QuantInsti's 16th Annual Algo Trading Conference. Three panelists respectively suggested learning real-world building and storytelling, pure hard sciences for judgment, or data literacy. These are personal opinions, not a consensus or research conclusion.
02 KEY FINDINGS
- Ajay Sharma suggests learning to build things in the real world and to tell stories.
- Mridul Arora (Elevation Capital) advocates pure hard sciences, arguing AI will write code but judgment comes from knowing the science.
- Tony Lee (Alpaca) emphasizes data literacy to tell signal from noise.
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