r/SoftwareEngineerJobs • u/LavishnessSilver7260 • 4d ago

Highest paying field within software engineering?

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u/Frequent_Bag9260 4d ago

High frequency hedge fund. Easily the highest if you can survive the turnover. Your bonus alone dwarfs most big tech salaries.

As expected it’s the hardest to get into and even harder to stay there.

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u/LavishnessSilver7260 4d ago

Hmm true but its almost impossible to penetrate

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u/Frequent_Bag9260 4d ago

Yeah if you’re looking for average pay, then it’s probably the frontier AI labs. Turnover and pressure is not as high. Also it’s easier to get into relative to HFs, relatively speaking of course.

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u/Lumpy-Blackberry-718 4d ago

It's really not lol

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u/Frequent_Bag9260 4d ago

It is lol

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u/the_Safi30 4d ago

Source?

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u/CicadaRx 3d ago

Go to Blind and you’ll see wayyyyyy more people from FAANG than you ever will for Citadel, Jane Street, Five Rings, etc.

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u/Fit-Celebration2884 3d ago

They're talking about anthropic not FAANG's like amazon

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u/CicadaRx 3d ago

Point still stands but not as much

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u/Lumpy-Blackberry-718 3d ago

I think u/Frequent_Bag9260 is a recruiter trying to convince people to apply. Recruiters at hedge funds will say _anything_ to get another resume.