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The parent claims tech workers are underpaid. The thesis of my statement is that if you are a tech worker in financial services, you will be paid fairly. Just because some parts of the market may be dislocated does not mean there are not fair paying jobs to be had.

> We add immense value, yet we seen almost none of the profit of that value. Underpaid to say the least-- especially considering the value of money has steadily declined (overall) since 1972.

You will be paid in technology in financial services [if you are worth it].

> So if you're a software engineer going for the money, GS isn't really the place to be.

Over the long term, financial services wins. The compensation curve is much steeper than most tech firms.

> Speaking from the trenches here. [...] Tech is in most banks a back office thing (especially if we are not talking about algo trading). They earn shit.

You are in the wrong trench, my friend. High performing developers and systems folks are extraordinarily well compensated at the higher end banks and hedge funds.

When people change jobs, it's usually for another job in financial services, largely because most technology companies cannot even begin to touch the total compensation for such a person.