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Ask HN: Books for someone who is transitioning from FAANG to finance

A 10-year AI engineer transitioning from FAANG to finance seeks book recommendations and advice for building a B2C product in net worth tracking, agentic finance, and LLM-driven investing. The engineer, who has built algo-trading systems on weekends, is moving into full-time finance to launch a consumer-facing product in the space.

read1 min publishedMay 31, 2026

| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 2 points by | I have been an AI engineer for the last 10 years of my life, and have continued to build small algo-trading systems during my weekends. I'm getting into finance full time and starting to build a product in the net worth tracking / agentic finance / LLM driven investing space (B2C) I would love to read up on as many books as I can just to deeply understand the field, the way things run, etc. Recommendations? Doesn't have to be just books. Would also appreciate any advice. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |

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