How did Agustin get into quant trading?

Agustin Lebron transitioned into quant trading from a background in engineering. Initially, he worked as a chip designer and played a lot of online poker. Finding engineering progressively boring and wanting to combine his interests in engineering and poker, he saw quant trading as the logical next step. In 2008, he quit his job, despite concerns from his boss about the timing, and secured a position at Jane Street, where he started his finance career amid the financial crisis 1.