Why are hedge fund/trading firm folks so quiet on Blind?

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Mar 8 37 Comments

It seems every other day there's countless top tech company brag post about how much TC they are making. Yet you don't see hedge fund/trading firm folks brag much. Not many recent levels.fyi data points to go off of either.

I wonder if this is because part of their contract states they have to stay quiet about their absurd TCs or something. Or at the very least they are discouraged form discussing their TCs externally.

I do wonder sometimes if trading folks read MAANG+ 400K TCs and laugh amongst themselves and think "that's cute, they think they are making bank".

So tell me trading firm folks, why y'all so quiet?

#citadel
#hrt
#janestreet

TC: 177K + options

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  • They have way less employees then big tech overall. Same reason you see a bunch of Amazon people and not much Netflix.
    Mar 8 3
    • Amazon
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      Only the top trading firms pay better than faang. There are maybe like 5-10 of these companies and some are very small. Not many people work there
      Mar 8
    • Bolt
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      That's true. It sounds like it's just an ignorance thing then. Everybody has heard of big tech companies but had I not come to Blind, no way I would have known about trading firms and how much better they can pay.
      Mar 9
  • maybe weโ€™re just shy ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿ‘ˆ
    Mar 8 1
  • Most of the highly paid people at hedge funds/prop shops are going to be traders or QR. These are people who majored in business/finance/math/physics. They've probably never heard of blind. SWEs that are hired from tech are on here but they only make marginally more than faang.
    Mar 8 26
    • WLB reasonable, top performers at 55-65 hours/week. Variance extremely high in compensation.

      YOE: 3
      CitSec Entry Comp: 400k recurring + 50k signing
      CitSec Y2 Comp: 610k
      Mar 12
    • Bolt
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      @Gautama

      Do you consider yourself a top performer? How many hours per year would you say the average SWE works and what would their pay raises look like?

      You went from 450K to 610K in one year? That's insane. I don't think someone that even gets a promo at FAANG+ is usually going to get a pay bump that big in just one year.
      Mar 12
  • Yelp
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    Because they are working like dogs
    Mar 8 1
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