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Re: Ask HN: How much do you make in London?

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Post by asldfkweiorz »

strongai wrote: post #82
asldfkweiorz wrote: post #69

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Oh, yeah, also got a PhD in Maths. And am looking for a new position.

Shoot me an email (see profile). Medium sized company - analytics, financial services, other interesting data science stuff. Offices in London and elsewhere :-) I'll help steer you to our HR people and if you're successful, will receive a modest introduction bonus. We pay well, but not investment bank salaries. We have lots of PhDs - they're coming out of our ears, so you'll feel quite at home. It also seems that the…

tried, I seem unable to find any email.

Re: Ask HN: How much do you make in London?

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Post by strongai »

thrwaynow wrote: post #61
frowaway_lon wrote: post #48

This is a bit depressing. In 2010 I retired from full-time post as Investment Bank, front office senior dev on £100K with 30-50% bonus, 20 years experience. C++, Java, Sybase, finance tech and domain knowledge, and colleagues in hot areas were getting way more than that. My impression that rates are dropping seems to be confirmed.

today you can still get £100k+ as a senior developer in a bank for doing c++, java, with or without domain knowledge, but bonus is likely to be a lot less, more like 15-30%, of course exceptions apply

Pure curiosity - is this for an 8 hour day? or 10? or more? Just wondering what the downsides are to working for a bank.

Re: Ask HN: How much do you make in London?

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Post by pjc50 »

gringofyx wrote: post #71
gokhan wrote: post #65

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Any recommended locations to look at?

Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Bristol, Liverpool... probably in that order. I've heard good things about Glasgow, Birmingham and Cardiff too. The North West has been good to me and I've never really had to leave the area because there's pretty good transportation links over a wide area with a large population. And I've lived and worked in Berlin too, it's nice, but by no means the perfect solution. And y'know... it m…

Edinburgh works for me, although it seems skewed towards multinationals and banks rather than small companies. I nearly went to work for "Clydespace" in Glasgow.

I too have heard good things about Liverpool these days.

Re: Ask HN: How much do you make in London?

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Post by pjc50 »

londonite wrote: post #84
gringofyx wrote: post #71

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Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Bristol, Liverpool... probably in that order. I've heard good things about Glasgow, Birmingham and Cardiff too. The North West has been good to me and I've never really had to leave the area because there's pretty good transportation links over a wide area with a large population. And I've lived and worked in Berlin too, it's nice, but by no means the perfect solution. And y'know... it m…

"Close" is a relative term. Is it closer to London a little Scottish town, far from any airport or major communications hub, than Paris or Barcelona? http://jorgepratscher.com/commuting-from-barcelona-to-brackn... http://www.totaljobs.com/insidejob/extreme-commutes-to-londo...

I think you're missing a word .. but yes, parts of the highlands and islands are definitely further away in time from London than Paris is. I think even Manchester may take longer, at least until HS2 is operational.

(The first link isn't very encouraging! "As a consequence I had to visit my dear friend the physiotherapist to check my displaced vertebrae and super swollen trapezius muscles that didn’t let me get off my bed after travelling nonstop for 6 months"!)

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