Interviewing for a SWE role at HRT, Optiver and Akuna. Just had the initial phone screen and moving to technical rounds. I shared I wanted over 400k minimum TC and two place said that might be a little high.
I’ve been at Apple for 4 years and while it’s not a bad job, it’s pretty stale work and the politics here are abhorrent. I was at Google previously. The more I move up the more slippery it gets. I imagine most other big tech companies are similar so not too interested to jumping somewhere else in FAANG/unicorn.
People who have made the jump to HFT/Quant/MM was it worth it? Is the work more interesting? Are the politics as bad as other FAANGs?
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@fb: I'm not sure there's really any general guidance in what to expect for bonuses, and I think it varies more team to team at trading companies than at FANGs. If you're getting an offer, they should provide a bonus range or guarantee.(and if they don't, push for one). I don't think there's really a limit for a top performer (eg. 2-5x is not ridiculous) but maybe 0.5x-1x for a new hire, average performer?
After 12 months:
- HFT guy gets a cash bonus
- FAANG SWE gets a RSU vest
Same cash flow timing.
Both of them can invest in VTI, AMZN or BTC. Appreciation doesn’t matter *after* this point.
Now, which one is larger at 12 months?
Even with a generous 25% RSU appreciation, I believe the HFT bonus still comes out ahead.
If you want promised experience based TC stay at the megacorp and play the politics.