> Their incentive to help you is that they get a small cut of your salary, which is paid by the company who hires you. Oh ok, I misunderstood you originally. I

> Their incentive to help you is that they get a small cut of your salary, which is paid by the company who hires you. Oh ok, I misunderstood you originally. I thought it was x% out of your salary--which may very well be worth it, depending. Does the recruiting firm you used also recruit for engineers for NY offices of trading firms?