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If you are a SWE, I’d say higher compensation is pretty much the only factor. I fundamentally don’t like working at all and despise the idea of having to rent
by deanmoriarty 5y ago
If you are a SWE, I’d say higher compensation is pretty much the only factor.
I fundamentally don’t like working at all and despise the idea of having to rent my time to a boss in a futile rat race, so I might as well maximize the money if I have to do it, so I can retire early.
I am on track to quit the corporate world as soon I reach $5M liquid net worth, which should hopefully be < 5 years away. After that, I’ll quit without even thinking twice.
- b20000 5y agomakes sense… how did you transition to the hedge fund world from the normal tech world and were you at a FAANG when you made the transition?
- deanmoriarty 5y agoI wasn’t at a FAANG, just some random tech company in the Silicon Valley. I mostly just replied to some LinkedIn messages I had in the inbox from recruiters who reached out several months prior, and one of them was a head hunter that had contacts with the hedge fund and things picked up from there. Recruiters are annoying but they can be very useful to speed up the process, when you need it :-)