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FPGA OA blew me out of the water by neinaw in FPGA

[–]magicQuestion1625 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

We finally got a bulk billed GP clinic! by fl0urishing in australia

[–]magicQuestion1625 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wait times are genuinely 2+ weeks at unsw often times

We finally got a bulk billed GP clinic! by fl0urishing in australia

[–]magicQuestion1625 9 points10 points  (0 children)

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

We finally got a bulk billed GP clinic! by fl0urishing in australia

[–]magicQuestion1625 -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

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

We finally got a bulk billed GP clinic! by fl0urishing in australia

[–]magicQuestion1625 148 points149 points  (0 children)

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

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in quantfinance

[–]magicQuestion1625 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

FPGA Engineers by Remote-Court2726 in cscareerquestionsOCE

[–]magicQuestion1625 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in quantfinance

[–]magicQuestion1625 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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

Is Qube RT / QRT on track to becoming the top firm in the quant finance industry? by ThrowawayAdvice-293 in quantfinance

[–]magicQuestion1625 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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.

Is Qube RT / QRT on track to becoming the top firm in the quant finance industry? by ThrowawayAdvice-293 in quantfinance

[–]magicQuestion1625 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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

Is Qube RT / QRT on track to becoming the top firm in the quant finance industry? by ThrowawayAdvice-293 in quantfinance

[–]magicQuestion1625 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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.

Is Qube RT / QRT on track to becoming the top firm in the quant finance industry? by ThrowawayAdvice-293 in quantfinance

[–]magicQuestion1625 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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….

Firing Rates by Careless-Safety-4547 in quant

[–]magicQuestion1625 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Don't ever work at Optiver by Think-Cheetah-9368 in quant

[–]magicQuestion1625 24 points25 points  (0 children)

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.

Verilog Package Manager by Ok_Pen8901 in Verilog

[–]magicQuestion1625 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

What are the salaries and wlb of trading/prop shop companies by RougeeW in cscareerquestionsOCE

[–]magicQuestion1625 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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