Currently being head hunted for a "Quantitative Developer" role at Citadel. Wondering how the work is, if it is worth moving into fintech at this time (I am interested) It doesn't sound like this is back office work (which I have heard is not the place to be). Sounds more like I will be working on actual revenue generating trading/risk systems. 2yoe in the valley. Still young I know the wlb will suck. I guess I am wondering if the money will be worth it. I feel like top people in the valley can have better wlb and make just as much. Am I wrong?
If you're talking to an agency recruiter, he will feed you whatever info he thinks will get you to interview and accept the offer. If you tell the recruiter you don't want a backoffice job, he will sell you a backoffice job but call it big-shot-trader. Don't go by title. Find out what the role is, and exactly how it affects revenue. Eg, risk systems don't generate revenue. If you know who your boss or group will be, pm me.
Developer is just SDE, with a fancy name. You are just building shits for researcher
I mean.. As sde you're always just building shits for someone, right? That's the essence of the job. At least in this role the person you are building for is likely really smart and has a phd
There's a difference between building the primary product of the company and being a revenue generator, and building tools/software for the company's real revenue generators. There shouldn't be a huge difference, but in practice there is.