I’m considering a move from Meta after 6 years and some of the most competitive comp seems to be in the HFT space (thinking Jane Street, Hudson River Trading, etc). I was informally talking to a recruiter who claimed to have connections to many of these companies and they basically ghosted me after finding out I don’t have a degree and claiming it wasn’t possible. Is it realistically such a blocker or filter? YOE: ~10 (E5) TC: ~£190k after stock 📉, was £250k
Going through the front door with just a FAANG resume, your competition is too tough. But if you were world class at poker, chess, or one of the main contributors to an Apache project, they might reconsider…
Bypass the recruiter and apply directly. You have more than enough experience. Your TC will also be higher
Not impossible but more difficult to get in. If you talked to a recruiter at an HFT, they mean their HFT. If you talked to a head hunter, they’re wrong
So hft thinking is, ohh there is this guy with 10yoe who is working for a tech giant but is not worthy an interview cause of no degree. This is stupid, why you want to work for such a mentality ?
Depends on the role trader or infra ? Infra there will be lower entry barrier although you must have worked on some infra during your ten years
Lower bar comes with lower pay. Infra roles are generally not worth it imo.
Some companies have good roles. I meant the low latency infra for trading companies. Pay and challenges are decent. With the stock market down, such roles might be more enticing
Some of them even filter by GPA :(