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Probably because your optionality is so low. If you invest the time to learn this and then don't get a $350k job, what's your recourse? Furthermore, the applica
by cellis 6y ago
Probably because your optionality is so low. If you invest the time to learn this and then don't get a $350k job, what's your recourse? Furthermore, the applications of KDB+ in broader industry are few, so you won't come out of finance with a valued skill. The practitioners of this obscure skill are therefore bimodal in their distribution of pay: those who get a job working with KDB+ and those who don't and wonder why they wasted their time. I think a better relatively obscure language would be a functional language like OCaml or Reason or Rust.
- fatnoah 6y agoThe article also notes that most of the work is project-based as well. So it's effectively contract work.
- sjg007 6y agoContract work in London pays a premium I believe.
- ukoki 6y agoContract work pays around 2x the equivalent salary, and maybe around 1.5x after you account for lack of paid holidays, sick days, employer pension contributions, and downtime between contracts (although this can vary a lot depending on your particular circumstances)