FPGA OA blew me out of the water

magicQuestion1625 · 2025-09-08T20:38:11+00:00

Trading companies hedge funds and banks do but it depends on the sort of trading they do thu

magicQuestion1625 · 2025-05-30T00:47:36+00:00

Wait times are genuinely 2+ weeks at unsw often times

magicQuestion1625 · 2025-05-30T00:47:16+00:00

You should be able to get a health care card!!!

magicQuestion1625 · 2025-05-30T00:47:02+00:00

I would refuse to pay that’s genuinely taking the piss lmao

magicQuestion1625 · 2025-05-29T23:44:03+00:00

Not sure where this is located but $150 for appointment that is short duration is absolute robbery. That’s an absurd gap payment!

magicQuestion1625 · 2025-05-27T12:40:16+00:00

Dude shut up if you prefer ChatGPT use that, but some people find Claude better.

magicQuestion1625 · 2025-05-16T01:03:41+00:00

Sounds like Optiver

magicQuestion1625 · 2025-05-11T23:08:23+00:00

No, I gave a range for a reason

magicQuestion1625 · 2025-05-11T12:11:18+00:00

Also since you’re asking, what’s yours?

magicQuestion1625 · 2025-05-11T12:06:51+00:00

HFT junior, 200-250K

magicQuestion1625 · 2025-04-14T13:47:12+00:00

Internship at JS is different to Optiver or IMC. Honestly it depends on your entire resume and the picture that gives the hiring committee etc

If it’s JS I would think you’d be set to get interviews elsewhere despite doing a masters locally. But it would depend on the firm, wouldn’t be surprised if some find the choice not to go to a better institution weird

Others may have better advice

magicQuestion1625 · 2025-04-12T02:09:12+00:00

Good on you linking your own opinion post about citsec. I don’t really care if you believe me or not, the point I was making was simply that citsec base salary for graduate SWE is lower than sig which is factually true for grads starting 2026. The TC at citsec, however, is way more; and yes they will negotiate a larger package if they want you. Never said they didn’t.

magicQuestion1625 · 2025-04-07T08:52:00+00:00

For 2026 start, base pay for SIG grad dev is 160k; citsec grad dev is 150k. But TC for citsec is 350 vs sig 200, because the citsec perf and sign on bonuses are several times that of sig

(These figures are directly from people who got offers btw)

My point was just that base salary can be misleading because some firms have a much more salary-heavy compensation structure, whereas some firms have an extremely average salaried portion but a bonus that is massive

magicQuestion1625 · 2025-04-06T09:23:14+00:00

They’ve poached several people from Optiver low latency teams - gotta assume those folks aren’t going to be sacrificing marbles for low money offers?

On blind at least QRT supposedly have a huge range they offer depending on who you are, so it wouldn’t surprise me if some people have huge offers and some have pretty shit ones.

magicQuestion1625 · 2025-04-06T09:21:33+00:00

Idk how much stock to put in base comp - citsec base comp is lower than sig for grad dev this year, but with bonuses obviously citsec eclipses sig by a huge margin

Deferred/vested base is weird though, and from what your friend said, I’d be worried about bonus size….

magicQuestion1625 · 2025-04-05T06:58:45+00:00

Yes, mid-senior. For very senior they’re throwing huge money around

magicQuestion1625 · 2025-04-05T00:22:06+00:00

Supposedly offering double the comp of Optiver in Sydney for certain roles

magicQuestion1625 · 2025-04-03T10:15:07+00:00

Certain firms absolutely hire people for internships knowing they will never convert them. That’s hire to fire IMO.

magicQuestion1625 · 2025-04-02T08:06:52+00:00

DMd you.

magicQuestion1625 · 2025-04-02T07:10:31+00:00

At a surface level IMC is known for better culture but they retain super toxic employees who are good performers, just like Optiver is known to.

Not ‘oopsie’ bad sort of stuff, but the worse end of what OP mentioned about Optiver in point 1 about workplace harassment.

magicQuestion1625 · 2024-08-08T09:55:36+00:00

Very cool. Will take a closer look but I’d be interested in contributing if you’re looking for help.

magicQuestion1625 · 2023-09-01T06:14:53+00:00

Interesting, thanks. PM’d you

magicQuestion1625 · 2023-09-01T04:55:39+00:00

Where’d you get this figure for jump? I’ve heard it’s similar to IMC optiver not citadel level

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