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-## The Question on UK Immigration 
-*Last updated: 22/04/2026*
+## The Question on UK Immigration
+*Last updated: 06/09/2026*
 *Genre: Life Planning*
 
 I arrived in England in September of 2024 to start my Engineering degree at Oxford,
@@ -12,44 +12,50 @@ from all major parties in the country supporting the visa scheme pioneered by th
 Labour reaffirmed its support of 5+1 even as Shabana Mahmood increased the duration of
 stay for other visa categories to 10 years (a rather sensible policy in my opinion).
 While Reform UK's position regarding abolishing ILR is not entirely consistent,
-Nigel Farage did agree with an excemption for Hong Kongers and Ukrainians, which is promising,
+Nigel Farage did agree with an excemption for Hong Kongers and Ukrainians, which seems promising,
 as Reform UK has enjoyed the highest amount of support out of all parties from opinion polling.
-Obviously, Liberal Democrats maintain one of the most supportive policies towards HongKongers
+Obviously, Liberal Democrats maintain one of the most supportive policies towards HKers
 in their manifesto, but unfortunately they are not likely to enter governance any time soon.
 
 Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like the situation will be 100% secure stepping into the future,
 and plans have definitely have to be made to address the unforseeable political transformation.
 
-While Shabana Mahmood's immigration reforms were sensible and deny most of the Boriswave immigrants immediate right to settle indefinitely in the country, 
+While Shabana Mahmood's immigration reforms were sensible and deny most of the
+Boriswave immigrants immediate right to settle indefinitely in the country, 
 the question of whether or not it will stay until 2029 we still cannot answer.
 Keir Starmer and his "centrist" Blue labour political faction could risk a political coup
 from the more leftist factions of the party, especially in light of recent Epstein scandals,
-which will almost certainly guarantee a full reversal of the 10+1 reforms laid out previously.
+which will most certainly guarantee a full reversal of the 10+1 reforms laid out previously.
 And with these immigrants fully naturalised, imagine the sort of narrative that will end up
 on the mainstream right - denaturalisation and remigration of every Boriswave immigrant.
 Why will and should the far right think about exceptions? Fear and anger trumps rationality.
-They'll just include everyone in the roster, the productive ones included.
+They'll just include everyone in the roster, the "productive" ones included.
 
 A similar Green party victory in 2029 or earlier would yield the same effect,
 but effectively turning the country into lawlessness and ruins from capital flight.
 Expect a 2030s election with a vengeful far-right denaturalising everyone from the 20s,
-but I'd most likely be long pushed away from the insane tax rates levied on us by then.
+but I'd most likely be long pushed away from the insane tax rates.
 
 And the situation on the right of the spectrum is not particularly better either.
 We've seen news of Reform UK standing literal foreigners in the local council elections.
 And what is it going to do? Cause disillusionment with the rest of the right wing voter base.
 We've already seen Restore Britain polling better compared to when Reform UK launched its party.
 It's entirely possible that a Restore Britain government in 2029 screws equally with everyone.
 
-It's true that I prefer to retain in England, at least until the 30s. The weather is great, 
+It's true that I prefer to stay in England, at least until the 30s. The weather is great, 
 and London will still retain a competitive edge for opportunities and networking
 (reference my other [article](/blogs/welcome_singapore) for my rationale behind this).
 I would expect any sort of big company I'm working under to redeploy me to other countries
 (provided that I am lucky to receive an offer to work at Palantir or other big tech - 
-it's definitely possible and expected to discuss relocation to the US, Poland, or even to Asia).
+it's definitely possible and expected to discuss relocation to the US, Eastern Europe or Asia).
 Unfortunately it just doesn't seem like the situation in the future provides enough stability
 to give me an incentive to stay and build a life here.
 
 My personal hopes are for a Blue labour government until 2029 (when I am eligible for ILR)
-with a Conservative/Reform government afterwards (or the latter happening in a snap election),
+with a Conservative~~/Reform~~ government afterwards (or the latter happening in a snap election),
 but at this point, who knows what will happen by then, we'll just have to wait and see.
+
+*Update Sept 6: Seems like Reform and Greens are crumbling and we're reverting to a 2 party system,
+but I suppose that's not necessarily a bad outcome? Unfortunately Blue Labour seems to be out
+thanks to AB's coup, so we're still stuck with an incompetent Tory opposition
+which literally did nothing in the last 14 years...*

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+## What The Quant
+*Last updated: 06/09/2026*
+*Genre: Society*
+
+Sometimes I ask myself why do all the cracked nerds around me seem to go into trading.
+Is it because of the money? Probably. But why let money dictate your life? It's a tool not a goal.
+
+I see one problem with Trading and that it is a very involutionary sector/industry.
+Essentially, any skills that you gain from trading is hyperspecific and non-transferrable.
+The closest adjacent exit out of the Trading ecosystem would probably be AI/ML labs.
+And that I respect 100% more, simply because it actually gives some sort of real world impact,
+with improvements to the base models themselves actually improving the overall infrastructure.
+
+If you have big goals and aim to use liquidity as capital for pursuing them (for example,
+starting your own tech venture), then yes you can 100% free yourself from VC negotiation,
+but you still can't bypass the management layer when you ultimately have to scale things.
+And Quantitative finance itself is completely different from traditional investment banking,
+which runs closer to what a VC firm actually does. My instinct (correct me if I'm wrong) is that
+training in macronomic information processing and decision making is more critical in VCs.
+
+The only reason particular goals and just wish to retire early, but then it feels wasted.
+You spent years grinding from HS to Uni to a Trading firm, having earned such a capital leverage,
+then you decide to just let it rot away overtime. But that's probably just a personality thing.
+Or maybe the quant mentality is extremely risk-averse and completely ignores sunken cost,
+so any grinding in the prior years are simply discarded as non-factors. I guess that's the case!