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I am a standard SWE (don’t work with finance or write trading algorithms) working in a hedge fund and my offer was ~30% higher than top of band for my level at
by deanmoriarty 5y ago
I am a standard SWE (don’t work with finance or write trading algorithms) working in a hedge fund and my offer was ~30% higher than top of band for my level at FAANG, so option #3. Obviously it comes with (much?) worse work life balance.
- decafninja 5y agoInteresting. I recently had two offers from hedge funds (I would describe them as...maybe upper mid tier?). Standard SWE, no fancy algo work or anything. The cash part of the comp was probably just slightly less than FAANG, but total comp (cash + expected bonus) was significantly lower than comparable FAANG.
- deanmoriarty 5y agoWeird. I don’t know why one would accept those then given that work is going to be on average more dull, with worse work life balance. The companies I’m talking about are Two Sigma, Citadel, and similar.
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- decafninja 5y agoI'd consider TS, Citadel, Jane St, etc. to be the cream of the crop as far as a tech career in the finance industry goes. I'm actually in the interview pipeline with Citadel and TS at the moment. Don't suppose I could bugger you for any miscellaneous tips? :)
- giantg2 5y agoI work in th opposite end of the finance spectrum (cheap, low pay).