Stab You in the Back for $5 (Young, Brilliant, and Wrong: Part 10)

Coming Up Together with Ash

Stab You in the Back for $5 (Young, Brilliant, and Wrong: Part 10) Coming Up Together with Ash Nancy Hua Apr 10, 2026 5 Share When Ash finally left the company, he texted me, “I resigned. I’m suing them bc I think they’re trying to screw me out of my money.” Despite hearing of such things, suing the company would never have occurred to me. I’d be scared of the founders being mad at me—horrifying! On some level, I was still that naive kid who thought of my coworkers as family. But I’d also become a seasoned algorithmic trading leader, and my ruthless trading persona thought lawsuits were a cost

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