What's the TC progression for SWE / trader / QR at De Shaw?

Aug 3, 2020 5 Comments

Got reached out by recruiters so looking for some answers. Do you guys like the company , culture, wlb? Ups and downs ?

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  • I was asked to interview, but I never followed up with it because I was told by recruiters they demand a lot in terms of 60+ hour work weeks.

    They specifically told me this was a great place for a "young go-getter" wanting to grind
    Aug 3, 2020 3
  • These are all very different jobs with different starting points and progressions. Developer or quant in a trading group will typically get to $500k after 5 or so years. Quants can go much higher once they have forecasts in production. This is harder for devs but eventually getting to 1M is common. Don’t know anything about traders.

    Mildly disagree about the grind but 50-60/hour weeks sounds about right. Keep in mind that this is typical in the field.
    Aug 4, 2020 0