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Thus is probably something more like top management than a "programmer/developer" - and would probably be described as such. Good point.
by Vivtek 15y ago
Thus is probably something more like top management than a "programmer/developer" - and would probably be described as such. Good point.
- brosephius 15y agoprogrammers at high frequency trading firms can make well into the six figures and still spend most of the day coding. firms like these usually don't have much in the way of management tiers. though I wouldn't expect a programmer to make money like that unless they were closely involved in developing the trading strategies themselves.
- stcredzero 15y agoprogrammers at high frequency trading firms can make well into the six figures and still spend most of the day coding. What's the intellectual kit needed to become a programmer at a high frequency trading firm?
- actionbrandon 15y agoMath/stats + ultra lean code + plus understanding market micostructure. From the CS side some of the more cutting edge stuff I've heard of being worked on involves hacking graphics cards to get a speed edge and building data centers in the middle of the ocean for the same reason. http://www.nvidia.com/object/computational_finance.html http://www.nvidia.com/object/computational_finance.html http://io9.com/5784758/the-speed-of-light-could-turn-the-middle-of-the-ocean-into-a-stock+trading-center http://io9.com/5784758/the-speed-of-light-could-turn-the-mid...