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Re:Poll: Full-time software engineers over 200k, how'd you g... by highlynt on Saturday June 01, 2013 @07:33PM (#5806543)
Similar story here - developer at NYC HFT shop making $180k base + about the same in bonus and equity grants.

The work is mostly very interesting, low-latency java programming, distributed systems, etc on a small highly capable team. 40-50 hours per week.

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Re:Poll: Full-time software engineers over 200k, how'd you g... by GardenHose on Tuesday June 04, 2013 @08:55PM (#5823064)
If you're unable to expand on your role, that's fine, but as this is a huge interest of mine, I'm willing to take a shot.

What sort of problems do you attempt to solve? How much risk are you allowed to take? How much return is expected? Is it true that most quants are ungodly intelligent and frequently come from PhDs in science?

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