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Re:Poll: Full-time software engineers in London, what's your... by swombat on Saturday June 01, 2013 @11:38AM (#5804389)
In the City, you get hired based on a "total comp" package that includes salary and a practically guaranteed bonus, that can be as much as your base salary or even more.
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Re:Poll: Full-time software engineers in London, what's your... by re_todd on Saturday June 01, 2013 @12:20PM (#5804583)
Well that changes everything, maybe we should reboot this entire thread.
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Re:Poll: Full-time software engineers in London, what's your... by Nursie on Saturday June 01, 2013 @01:39PM (#5805002)
That is a minority of programmers, even for London.
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Re:Poll: Full-time software engineers in London, what's your... by bearmf on Saturday June 01, 2013 @01:55PM (#5805067)
"Practically guaranteed" nowadays means about 70% probability in finance :). There are almost no hard guarantees anymore.
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