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Are salaries in IB tech on that level today? I doubt even a senior quant hedge fund / HFT firm developer makes anywhere near the quoted $400k.

• arcanus 9y ago
  I think 400 is likely attainable for the hedge funds, no idea about other fields. The HFT guys pay about 250 (total comp, e.g, salary and bonuses) for a newly minted PhD.
  • praulv 9y ago
    No way. £250K for a new Ph.D. with zero experience in industry? Even a low latency whiz kid with deep Linux kernel optimisation will just about maybe make £250K in a very good year.
    • arcanus 9y ago
      $250k, not pounds. $125k base, 100% bonus. I know two fellow Phds who had this first year. This is a top-10 program, but not more.
      • praulv 9y ago
        Agreed, that sounds about right.