There are plenty of CRUD positions on Wall Street. If one wanted to get into a "strats" type role maybe it would be easier to just join as a regular Sr. Enginee

There are plenty of CRUD positions on Wall Street. If one wanted to get into a "strats" type role maybe it would be easier to just join as a regular Sr. Engineer. Get paid above avg salary to write web services or whatever, learn domain knowledge in a less stressful manner, and figure out a way to get into the group you really want internally.