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Do financial houses even refer to any of IT staff as "talent"? Usually when they say "talent" they mean traders and senior staff.
by _random_ 12y ago
Do financial houses even refer to any of IT staff as "talent"? Usually when they say "talent" they mean traders and senior staff.
- johansch 12y agoGiven how important high frequency trading has become, I would guess the developers working on that is held in high regard. Sysadmins/"IT people" are probably seen as janitorial.
- toomuchtodo 12y agoI was recently offered a DevOps job at Citidel making well over $150K/year in Chicago. I don't consider that as "janitorial".
- brave-new 12y agoBut it is, obviously. IT is the new blue collar. With $150K/year you can have a stay at home spouse, 2 cars a house, kids in more or less good schools. Same as a blue collar job in the 70s.
- _random_ 12y agoThat's a good money (providing it's not a 24h job), but what about treatment? Sales people make more than average devs at Google, but who gets more respect?
- toomuchtodo 12y agoWhich is why I took a lower paying DevOps job at a startup. I make less, but the people I work with are incredible, not just in their talent, but as a whole. I'd rather not swim with sharks.
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- nerfhammer 12y agoI have known "IT people" on wall street who were making 200-300k