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Re:Programmer who worked for Bernard Madoff is arrested by FBI by duh on Friday November 13, 2009 @03:23PM (#940713)
Programmers (or software engineers, if you like) almost never ask / negotiate what they're really worth. I don't see how it would be any different in finance.
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Re:Programmer who worked for Bernard Madoff is arrested by FBI by randombit on Friday November 13, 2009 @06:26PM (#941080)
Probably so. However on Wall Street in general (especially in areas investment banking portfolio management, high frequency trading, etc) programmer salaries in the 100-150k range is the norm. Part of that is simply NYC cost of living, of course, but 60k is really seriously low, even for an entry level gig.
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Re:Programmer who worked for Bernard Madoff is arrested by FBI by duh on Friday November 13, 2009 @07:07PM (#941125)
> programmer salaries in the 100-150k range is the norm

This is the norm outside of Wall St as well, for anyone who has actual talent and/or experience and isn't a spineless pushover. For example, a truly talented sales engineer can easily make $250k/year + benefits and equity compensation.

> 60k is really seriously low

It was a 60k bonus.

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Re:Programmer who worked for Bernard Madoff is arrested by FBI by Jeema3000 on Friday November 13, 2009 @11:37PM (#941408)
actually $250k is kinda low. a ludicriously talented sales engineer (level 60 of course) can easily make a bajillion dollars a year if not more...
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