From 05f6ab284510e8d79e374a028b163598fc3ae48b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruno BELANYI Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2021 15:27:29 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] report: address a few FIXMEs --- report.md | 20 +++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/report.md b/report.md index cfba64f..ee3a788 100644 --- a/report.md +++ b/report.md @@ -174,8 +174,7 @@ scenarios. we can start taking multiple measurements. The main one that IMC is interested in is wire-to-wire latency (abbreviated W2W): the time it takes for a trade to go from a trading strategy to an exchange. The lower this time, the more -occasions there are to make good trades. FIXME: probably more context in my -notes +occasions there are to make good trades. * Analyze the measurements: the global execution team has some initial expectations of the gateway's performance. A divergence on that part could mean @@ -342,10 +341,9 @@ the gateway binary in order to instrument it under different scenarios. I worked on writing those components in a way that was usable for the benchmark, making sure that they were working an tested along the way. One such component -was writing a fake version of the RDS (FIXME: what does it mean again?) that -would be populated from the benchmark scenario, and provided the information -about financial instruments to the gateway in order to use them in the scenario, -e.g: ordering a stock. +was writing a fake version of the RDS that would be populated from the benchmark +scenario, which provided the information about financial instruments to the +gateway in order to use them in the scenario, e.g: ordering a stock. I went on to write a first version of the benchmark framework for a specific gateway and a specific exchange: this served as the basis for further iteration @@ -368,7 +366,7 @@ framework. I have delivered a complete, featureful product from scratch to finish, complete with documentation and demonstration of its use. This is at the heart of our schooling at EPITA: making us well-rounded engineers that can deliver their work -to completion. FIXME: wax a bit more poetics +to completion. ## Acquiring new skills and knowledge @@ -545,7 +543,7 @@ results directly in more profits being made. During my internship, I got to work on a large code base, interact with smart and knowledgeable colleagues, and tinker on what constitutes the basic bricks of -IMC's production software (FIXME: phrasing). +IMC's production software. Working at IMC was my first experience with such a large code base, a dizzying amount of code. It is impossible to wrap you head around *everything* that is @@ -599,9 +597,9 @@ correct tool set to deal with those problems. ## Introspection -Working abroad, with the additional COVID restrictions, is a harsh (FIXME: find -softer term) transition from the routine of school. However, both the company -and the team have made it easy to adjust. +Working abroad, with the additional COVID restrictions, is a harsh transition +from the routine of school. However, both the company and the team have made it +easy to adjust. * The daily stand-up meeting, and weekly retrospective seem more important than ever when you can potentially not talk to your colleagues for days due to