Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 66: Technologists & Film Portrayals

- By Anthony Malakian and Dan DeFrancesco
- 20 Apr 2017

The guys open things up talking about how the Waters Rankings are now open for entry and describe the (very easy) process for getting listed (1:00). Next, they delve into how Hollywood portrays technologists and traders on TV and in film; whether these characters are accurate to real life; and what that means for talent acquisition (3:00). Finally, they talk about the films that they’re most excited to go and see (22:00).

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Links to articles discussed:

"The Circle" Trailer Highlights: Kool-Aid Mentality in Silicon Valley

Waters Rankings 2017 Now Open for Entry

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Past episodes:

Episode 1: Bloomberg Terminals, Work Force Issues

Episode 2: Blockchain, StatPro-Investor Analytics Merger

Episode 3: Dark Pools, SEC, Enterprise Risk

Episode 4: Flash Crash, MiFID II, Blockchain on the Buy Side, DMMs

Episode 5: Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 5: Linux Vulnerability, Bitcoin vs. Blockchain

Episode 6: FBI vs. Apple, LSE-Deutsche Börse Merger

Episode 7: Machine Learning, Climbing the Corporate Ladder

Episode 8: Consolidation of Risk Platforms, Open Source

Episode 9: Cyber Risk North America, Deutsche Börse-LSE Deal

Episode 10: Markit-IHS Merger, FIA Boca

Episode 11: Future of Exchanges, Bussmann Departure, Apple-FBI Closure

Episode 12: Open Source, Reg AT, Panama Papers

Episode 13: TruMid, Innovation Labs

Episode 14: NATAS, Sell-Side Technology Awards

Episode 15: Consolidated Audit Trail

Episode 16: Sifma Ops, Nasdaq, Fixed Income

Episode 17: Regulatory Landscape, Fixed Income, Blockchain

Episode 18: Dos and Don'ts for PR People

Episode 19: BNP's Growth Plans, Buy Side KYC

Episode 20: CAT, Unbundling Research, June Features

Episode 21: Toronto Information and Tech Summit, Fintech Regulation

Episode 22: Blackstone CTO Bill Murphy

Episode 23: Brexit, Fintech Innovation Lab, TSAM

Episode 24: Blockchain Adoption with Richard Johnson, Greenwich Associates

Episode 25: Buy Side KYC, User Experience

Episode 26: Wei-Shen Wong, Waters Hong Kong Reporter, Talks Fintech in Asia

Episode 27: Trading Turrets, Sifma's CAT Comment Letter

Episode 28: Larry Malakian (aka, Tony Malakian's Dad)

Episode 29: LedgerX's Paul Chou and Zach Dexter Talk Bitfinex Hack

Episode 30: Northern Trust's Vijay Luthra Talks Disrupting Data Centers

Episode 31: HFT Debates, RBC's Head of Tech and Ops, PTFs

Episode 32: Seed CX CEO Edward Woodford, State of SEFs

Episode 33: IEX's Ronan Ryan

Episode 34: CurveGlobal CEO Andy Ross

Episode 35: September Features with Emilia David

Episode 36: Thomson Reuters-Redi Deal, Chicago Trading Technology Summit

Episode 37: CBOE-Bats Deal, Machine Learning for Social Media

Episode 38: Bruno Campenon, BNP Paribas Securities Services

Episode 39: Blockchain Features

Episode 40: North American Buy-Side Technology Summit

Episode 41: BNY Mellon CIO Suresh Kumar

Episode 42: US Treasuries Platforms, Bats CIO, Accenture Blockchain

Episode 43: US Presidential Election Recap, Reg AT

Episode 44: Fintech vs Regtech

Episode 45: Incubators, Thanksgiving Traditions

Episode 46: Creators of Julia Programming Language

Episode 47: Virtual Reality, Insider Trading

Episode 48: Max Bowie, Editor of Inside Data Management

Episode 49: Victor Anderson, Waters Editor-in-Chief

Episode 50: Dos and Don'ts for PR People, Part Two

Episode 51: Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman

Episode 52: Regulation and Trump

Episode 53: CAT Decision, Reg AT, Natural Language Processing

Episode 54: Future of VR/AR with Sean Belka of Fidelity Labs

Episode 55: All Things Mifid II

Episode 56: Cybersecurity, Vendor Partnership

Episode 57: Artificial Intelligence and Humans — A Complicated Mix

Episode 58: Euro OTFs v. US SEFs, RFQ for ETFs

Episode 59: Gabriel Woo, VP of Innovation at RBC

Episode 60: Bill Murphy, Blackstone CTO

Episode 61: Automating Processes

Episode 62: Shadow IT, CFTC's Giancarlo at FIA Boca

Episode 63: Acquisition Analysis, Rise of Data Spend

Episode 64: Open Source, Cyber, AI - A NATAS Recap

Episode 65: Public Cloud Providers Battle for Dominance, The Rise of Artificial Intelligence

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