throwaway_hft

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   by throwaway_hft 9y ago

   Agree 100%. First firm where I worked the programmers were treated like monkeys, and the traders, some of whom weren't even that bright at the time, were almost godlike. Some other person wrote on here about traders being angry asshole
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   by throwaway_hft 9y ago

   I work in prop trading and I've never seen that kind of guaranteed salary offered. Maybe as a one time signing bonus to poach someone from a competitor. Typical base salaries for traders/quants/engineers are in the low six
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   by throwaway_hft 9y ago

   A friend works at Virtu and 60 hour weeks are the norm if not more. They're very aggressive wrt managing headcount. Pay is great in absolute terms but pretty low as a % of revenue. Doesn't mean it's a bad place to work. I hav