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0 pointsprogrammer0111y ago0 comments

Still, financial industry has lots of high paying jobs as well as bonuses to neglect it.

Would you resist making 140K on a base full-time? Keep in mind benefits and bonuses too.

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MichaelCrawford11y ago· 3 in thread

I get offered quantitative investment jobs all the time, as I have substantial experience with finance.

I eventually came to regard it as unethical, so I turn those jobs down.

programmer01OP11y ago

Do you get actual offers or do you get asked to interview with them? There's a difference.

Yeah, a lot of my co-workers including myself don't like it because we're helping the rich get richer plus associated consequences.

eropple11y ago

And if you're good you can make $140K base outside of finance (and outside of NYC and SF, too) without too much digging, too.

programmer01OP11y ago

In most places $140K is about the ceiling. In NYC it's not. Plus finances pay bonuses.

Furthermore, what does it mean to be good? If you're smarter than your interviewer or know more, they'll reject you. In general, I would say selling yourself has nothing to do with your programming skills.

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