<t>When I look to hire guys in this area, I look for two things: smarts, and passion / enthusiasm. Neither of these can be learned. Sure there are math and cs reqs, but any smart guy can pick these up (and if they want to be in the area, already have). And all the market microstructure, game theory,...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: twofishQuoteOriginally posted by: EEGradTwofish,Since you are a US citizen, and you enjoy science and research, why did you not work for any of the government labs.Because government lab jobs are hard to get, they don't pay quite as well as industry, and perhaps most im...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: twofishThat's because there is a huge amount of machinery involved which you don't notice. For example, it's unlikely that you were actually selling at the market price. What happened was that you sold your shares to someone that was charging something slightly above ma...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: KackToodlesQuoteOriginally posted by: TitanPartnersNot only are the size of the bonuses at the top both a morally and ethically reprehensible redistribution of wealth from the poor workers of society to a tiny proportion of well connected rich Suppose all bank compensat...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: mackmuffinsYou should not worry so much about backtesting. Backtesting is a big time waster and it will not help your trading.Backtesting is curve fitting which means that you are basically testing all these parameter values based upon noisy data.You should instead figu...

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In my limited experience I've never had a use for it. But like most things it doesn't hurt to know.

QuoteOriginally posted by: msmithJust curious about the pricing of DataScope. Any idea?I recall it being quite expensive; several k usd per instrument.

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I guess I'll know if I'm dreaming soon enough.. but my base is higher than that.

<t>Perhaps I should have set the topic to 'how can I get as much as possible without pissing off my boss or co-workers'.I can find another job, I have no doubt about that, but I like where I am and what I'm doing now (I know this puts me in a weaker position). But they would be silly to let me go gi...

<t>Thanks for the insights. It makes sense that I can't sit back and expect to be given whatever I think is 'fair'. Nothing else in this world works that way.. I have some idea of what is available so I know what's realistic. I'll just need to find a good place to negotiate from.Anyone have any good...

<t>I've been at my first job out of uni for close to a year now, and will be meeting with the boss soon to talk about my performance and bonus. I think its best if I come into the meeting with some idea of what I should expect.Are bonus calculations fairly standard in the industry, or is it up to th...