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justincormack on July 31, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: I am an HFT Programmer

IT is generally considered a cost centre in banking, in essence, and so not rewarded like real traders, or sales people.

jonknee on July 31, 2011 [–]

Not in HFT. It's one of their core competencies.

Bungholio on July 31, 2011 | [–]

Well then where does the renumeration disparity come from?

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