I have heard there is a lot of upside in terms of comp. Does that also mean that interviews are harder and the expectation in terms of performance is higher ( Not worrying too much about the hours you put in, more in terms of skill/talent/expertise ). If someone who made the switch could weigh in, it would be great! Also how did you go about preparing for them if it was any different?
Upside in comp depends a lot on what you're doing. If you're a quant, or a developer writing fpga code to reduce tick-to-trade times, you can earn a lot if you're good. And of course, there's a lot of expectation to go with high comp. For back office development jobs, there isn't a lot of upside in comp. Interviews for developers are similar to tech firms, but with more emphasis on language-specific knowledge. Also, there's a lot more variance in what gets asked - so a little harder to prepare for. Interviews for Quant/trader roles are obviously very different.
Dont do it dude. Unless you can do quant/trading.
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Yea. I dunno why the blind/reddit folks always get an erection whenever they hear about HFT/hedge funds. Finance is a shithole for devs. I also initially was aiming for quant/trading but sadly I wasn’t good enough so i got placed as a quant dev doing shit job. And 4 years after still stuck here. Fking waste
Actually interviews are easier than Google's, but culture is far worse, esp Citadel. Don't do IT in finance, unless u can get PnL cut.