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In-house salary for prop trading firm?
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Date: September 22nd, 2018 9:29 AM Author: Motley cordovan locus Entering the final round. I didn't give them current salary or expected salary. Told them to make an offer and I'd evaluate.
Small legal dept. I'd be the second most senior. International presence. Daily matters would be part managerial and part dealing with random shit from HR issues, negotiations, compliance, to IP, etc. |
Date: September 22nd, 2018 3:10 PM Author: Motley cordovan locus Prbly better for the work week crowd, but hoping someone knoes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083844&forum_id=2#36863898) |
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Date: September 22nd, 2018 3:14 PM Author: Godawful shitlib On average, the traders probably make more after bonuses than the lawyers
ljl @ being the law dork at a trading firm. Your primary job will probably be shielding the founders from SEC fines, jail, etc. They'll hunt you down if you say too much. |
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Date: September 22nd, 2018 3:15 PM Author: blathering lemon halford faggot firefighter Cr ljl (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083844&forum_id=2#36863936) |
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Date: September 22nd, 2018 3:23 PM Author: Motley cordovan locus No different than now.Just give the damn range. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083844&forum_id=2#36864000) |
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Date: September 22nd, 2018 3:35 PM Author: Godawful shitlib I'm more familiar with the trading/technical side. Very rough and practically useless guesses would be $140k+ in Chicago, $175k+ in NYC (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083844&forum_id=2#36864060) |
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Date: September 22nd, 2018 3:38 PM Author: Motley cordovan locus That's less than I make now. Fuck, me. Ok. Thanks for the info though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083844&forum_id=2#36864073) |
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Date: September 22nd, 2018 3:44 PM Author: Godawful shitlib That's just a very rough guess of the lower end. I'm sure lawyers at top firms are pulling in $400k+, just like some traders. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083844&forum_id=2#36864104) |
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Date: September 22nd, 2018 3:47 PM Author: Motley cordovan locus Would rather not out the firm. Not all that familiar with prop firms but they have a few hundred employeea (300+). How do you differentiate them?
Dealt with them rarely while in pvt practice. Fund atty so I'd generally look at AUM |
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Date: September 22nd, 2018 4:11 PM Author: Godawful shitlib Different strategies, risk management, performance, etc., at different firms. I have seen several firms get rapidly blown out by poorly-managed trading. The more sophisticated firms shield themselves very effectively from those types of events and then obscure their SEC violations just as effectively through a mix of technical complexity, plausible deniability, possibly bribes, etc. These latter firms will usually pay more. You get a feel for the industry pretty quickly if you work in it (or know enough people who work in it). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083844&forum_id=2#36864251) |
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Date: September 22nd, 2018 4:47 PM Author: Motley cordovan locus Thanks. From what I've read, people consider them peers with Wolverine, which I understand to be a pretty good place.
Any particularly useful materials to read before the final interview?
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Date: September 22nd, 2018 5:09 PM Author: Godawful shitlib I would check Glassdoor for interview details. Wallstreetoasis might have some useful information about the firm. Quant autists can be found at http://www.nuclearphynance.com/
I can't really comment on the legal aspects of proprietary trading but I know some technical stuff. |
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Date: September 22nd, 2018 5:13 PM Author: Motley cordovan locus U r a good dude, thanks. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083844&forum_id=2#36864636) |
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Date: September 22nd, 2018 6:10 PM Author: Comical puce toilet seat ITT: fratty Optiver Chads (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083844&forum_id=2#36865049) |
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Date: September 24th, 2018 1:39 PM Author: Motley cordovan locus Bump for the work week crew (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083844&forum_id=2#36877961) |
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Date: September 24th, 2018 2:25 PM Author: fragrant crusty office reading party 200-300k. Bonus up to 1x of base (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083844&forum_id=2#36878273) |
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Date: September 24th, 2018 3:09 PM Author: Motley cordovan locus That's a very nice range. Looks like the office has a lot of perks too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083844&forum_id=2#36878587) |
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Date: September 24th, 2018 2:27 PM Author: Shimmering domesticated elastic band base jesus christ it would crush me to be the lawyer and not a trader at a prop trading firm. that is all. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083844&forum_id=2#36878288) |
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Date: September 24th, 2018 2:28 PM Author: fragrant crusty office reading party pretty chill actually. 45 hour weeks. no weekends. market hours (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083844&forum_id=2#36878291) |
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Date: September 24th, 2018 2:33 PM Author: Shimmering domesticated elastic band base so do the traders. except chasing signature pages and fighting over "commercially reasonable" vs "reasonable" seems way less interesting (and less lucrative) than prop trading
being excited to come to work in the morning seems just as important as the hours. anyway this is a non-sequitur forget i said anything |
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Date: September 24th, 2018 2:35 PM Author: fragrant crusty office reading party agreed. sometimes I go crazy but then again I realize I work in a pretty chill job, making as much if not more so than I did as a senior biglol assoc with much worse hours and people. pretty fratty and chill environment here (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083844&forum_id=2#36878337) |
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Date: September 24th, 2018 2:30 PM Author: trip round eye The traders are probably always giving the lawyers swirlies or pushing them into lockers LJL. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083844&forum_id=2#36878299) |
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Date: September 24th, 2018 2:30 PM Author: titillating awkward center pistol lmao the traders are gonna be living large, ride or die baby. While you're the risk adverse law dork with the physique of of a pear. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083844&forum_id=2#36878301) |
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Date: September 24th, 2018 3:07 PM Author: Motley cordovan locus Bro, have you met these prop traders? Sure. Some 6'4" chads but most are from the cast of big bang theory. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4083844&forum_id=2#36878571) |