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thejoker's picture
thejoker
     
 
(Baboon, 109
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 2:50pm
money.jpg

From Hard Times On Wall Street - A wonderful juxtaposition:

The 27-year-old trader made $500,000 last year. Is this typical?

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JeffSkilling's picture

Absolutely

JeffSkilling
     
 
(King Kong, 1,911
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 12:15am

Absolutely

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Flake's picture

Definitely

Flake
      ER
 
(Neanderthal, 3,599
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 12:32am

Definitely

Under my tutelage, you will grow from boys to men. From men into gladiators. And from gladiators into SWANSONS.

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PossumBelly's picture

Further proof that the best

PossumBelly
      IB
 
 
(King Kong, 1,689
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 12:35am

Further proof that the best part of Krugman ran down the crack of his mother's ass and ended up as a brown stain on the mattress.

And that's a compliment compared to what I'd say about the commenters over there.

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Buyside's picture

Isn't 400k the form for 27

Buyside
      O
 
(Baboon, 157
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 12:55am

Isn't 400k the form for 27 year olds in IB? If it is, than 500k can definitely be done in Trading.

Learn Programming, Lectures by Professor Mehran Sahami for the Stanford Computer Science Department

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkMDCCdjyW8

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Brady4MVP's picture

Not uncommon at all. I have a

Brady4MVP
      HF
 
(Neanderthal, 3,161
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 1:36am

Not uncommon at all. I have a friend who made roughly $700K at the age of 26, trading exotic derivatives at a bulge bracket bank.

I heard rumors about a trader at citadel who made around $5 million at the age of 28 or so.

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wallstreetballa's picture

What kind of backgrounds do

wallstreetballa
      ST
 
(Gorilla, 672
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 2:06am

What kind of backgrounds do these cats have?

sorry for sounding like an idiot, but its hit and miss with the background of a trader

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Will Hunting's picture

Buyside wrote: Isn't 400k the

Will Hunting
      IB
 
(King Kong, 1,231
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 4:53am
Buyside:

Isn't 400k the form for 27 year olds in IB? If it is, than 500k can definitely be done in Trading.

The grammar issues in this sentence are remarkable.

"Look, you're my best friend, so don't take this the wrong way. In twenty years, if you're still livin' here, comin' over to my house to watch the Patriots games, still workin' construction, I'll fuckin' kill you. That's not a threat, that's a fact.

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ERGOHOC's picture

I started making 500K from my

ERGOHOC
      AM
 
(Orangutan, 271
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 6:25am

I started making 500K from my 3rd year

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Buyside's picture

Will Hunting wrote: Buyside

Buyside
      O
 
(Baboon, 157
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 10:36am
Will Hunting:
Buyside:

Isn't 400k the form for 27 year olds in IB? If it is, than 500k can definitely be done in Trading.

The grammar issues in this sentence are remarkable.

I love how you continue to attack me ever since you realized I was younger than you. Anyways, I'm more of a math guy. Last year, I made it to the red group in the Mathematical Olympiad Program. Look it up; you may be a better writer than me, but I'm probably better than you at math.

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thejoker's picture

Buyside wrote: Isn't 400k the

thejoker
     
 
(Baboon, 109
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 10:40am
Buyside:

Isn't 400k the form for 27 year olds in IB? If it is, than 500k can definitely be done in Trading.

If you are 27, you must be either 2nd or 3rd-year associate? I thought it wouldn't even add up to 350K all in for an IB associate. Alas, why did I choose IB over trading... can I move to Trading after my first two years in IB? Is it also true for FX or commodity trading?

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IlliniProgrammer's picture

Best not to discuss comp.

IlliniProgrammer
      ST
 
 
(Almost Human, 9,244
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 11:44am

Best not to discuss comp. And my hunch is that Wall Street will probably make less in five years than it makes today.

Work hard, play hard.

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jimz's picture

Agree with IlliniProgrammer.

jimz
     
 
(Orangutan, 264
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 12:07pm

Agree with IlliniProgrammer. We will never see guys/girls making as much as the guys on the list below. At least not at banks with all the regulations coming in.

http://boringest.blogasian.com/motivation/

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Edmundo Braverman's picture

Like I mentioned on the last

Edmundo Braverman
      ST
 
 
(Human, 14,409
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 1:23pm

Like I mentioned on the last NSFW, I worked under a 28-year old VP at my second firm. He got a 12% override on the group's production, and we averaged between $850,000-$1,000,000 gross per month. That's right kids, he was banking $100k-$120k a month like clockwork at 28.

As for background, he was a former line cook at a T.G.I.Fridays and had some bullshit degree from a school even you non-targets would point and laugh at.

Of course, this was 1993 and it was a whole other game back then.

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Erebus's picture

Edmundo Braverman wrote: Like

Erebus
     
 
(Senior Monkey, 66
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 1:29pm
Edmundo Braverman:

Like I mentioned on the last NSFW, I worked under a 28-year old VP at my second firm. He got a 12% override on the group's production, and we averaged between $850,000-$1,000,000 gross per month. That's right kids, he was banking $100k-$120k a month like clockwork at 28.

As for background, he was a former line cook at a T.G.I.Fridays and had some bullshit degree from a school even you non-targets would point and laugh at.

Of course, this was 1993 and it was a whole other game back then.

You REALLY need to write a book.

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za3212's picture

huge survivorship bias - you

za3212
     
 
(Baboon, 116
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 1:46pm

huge survivorship bias - you don't hear about unprofitable traders cuz they're prob not traders anymore

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Edmundo Braverman wrote: Like

Simple As...
     
 
(Senior Gorilla, 861
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 2:28pm
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Panic's picture

I am a (trainee) trader in

Panic
      ST
 
(Monkey, 49
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 2:42pm
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MagicKarp's picture

Erebus wrote: Edmundo

MagicKarp
      IB
 
(Baboon, 160
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 2:39pm
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marcellus_wallace's picture

Look at Q3 earnings this

marcellus_wallace
      ST
 
 
(King Kong, 1,617
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 2:41pm
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PossumBelly's picture

There were plenty of

PossumBelly
      IB
 
 
(King Kong, 1,689
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 2:46pm
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shorttheworld's picture

City: New York Firm: Bear

shorttheworld
      EN
 
 
(Senior Neanderthal, 4,330
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 2:47pm

I need a crib, a big estate, I need a boat and that need a lake, I need some salmon that need a plate, that need a chef so I feed my safe

From trading equities to slanging wine in Latin America

A ship is safe in harbor, but that is not what a ship i

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MMBinNC's picture

Prop shops you could do far

MMBinNC
      CD
 
(Neanderthal, 2,156
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 3:22pm

Reality hits you hard, bro...

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Macro Arbitrage's picture

^I think there will be a

Macro Arbitrage
      HF
 
(King Kong, 1,369
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 3:55pm

"I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."

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Virginia Tech 4ever's picture

Maybe I'm crazy but I could

Virginia Tech 4ever
      EN
 
 
(Neanderthal, 2,319
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 4:04pm
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ah's picture

^^ That's gotta be sarcasm

ah
      ST
 
(Senior Orangutan, 421
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 4:44pm

I don't accept sacrifices and I don't make them. ... If ever the pleasure of one has to be bought by the pain of the other, there better be no trade at all. A trade by which one gains and the other loses is a fraud.

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marcellus_wallace's picture

Wish I could tell you, wish

marcellus_wallace
      ST
 
 
(King Kong, 1,617
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 4:51pm
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Virginia Tech 4ever's picture

Yeah, Dodd-Frank has to be

Virginia Tech 4ever
      EN
 
 
(Neanderthal, 2,319
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 4:57pm
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Revsly's picture

It is rather unclear, but

Revsly
      ST
 
 
(King Kong, 1,722
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 5:06pm

Jack: They’re all former investment bankers who were laid off from that economic crisis that Nancy Pelosi caused. They have zero real world skills, but God they work hard.
-30 Rock

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whatwhatwhat's picture

http://www.volckerrule.com/pr

whatwhatwhat
      HF
 
(King Kong, 1,409
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 5:22pm
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brooksbrotha's picture

With reports that Morgan

brooksbrotha
     
 
(Senior Orangutan, 437
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 5:23pm
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Croato87's picture

Brady4MVP wrote: Not uncommon

Croato87
     
 
(Senior Monkey, 67
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 5:42pm
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houseofcards's picture

MMBinNC wrote: Prop shops you

houseofcards
     
 
(Monkey, 48
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 6:01pm
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MMBinNC's picture

houseofcards wrote: MMBinNC

MMBinNC
      CD
 
(Neanderthal, 2,156
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 6:06pm

Reality hits you hard, bro...

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APAE's picture

There was a guy at my firm

APAE
     
 
(Neanderthal, 3,660
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 6:14pm

A lot of people do certain things to add days to their life. I do things to add life to my days.

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jimz's picture

A Posse Ad Esse wrote: There

jimz
     
 
(Orangutan, 264
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 6:46pm
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Macro Arbitrage's picture

MMBinNC wrote: houseofcards

Macro Arbitrage
      HF
 
(King Kong, 1,369
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 7:27pm

"I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."

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houseofcards's picture

Macro Arbitrage wrote: It's

houseofcards
     
 
(Monkey, 48
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 10:59pm
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Macro Arbitrage's picture

houseofcards wrote: Macro

Macro Arbitrage
      HF
 
(King Kong, 1,369
 
Points)
 on 10/16/11 at 11:50pm

"I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."

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ivoteforthatguy's picture

times have changed. some time

ivoteforthatguy
      O
 
(Neanderthal, 2,210
 
Points)
 on 10/17/11 at 12:22am
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djfiii's picture

I know a bunch of guys in

djfiii
     
 
 
(Senior Gorilla, 992
 
Points)
 on 10/17/11 at 12:54am
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brianklk's picture

how do these guys become good

brianklk
      O
 
(Baboon, 135
 
Points)
 on 10/17/11 at 1:27am

Born in hell, forged from suffering, hardened by pain.

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Kyle_Schwartz's picture

brianklk wrote: how do these

Kyle_Schwartz
     
 
(Chimp, 12
 
Points)
 on 10/17/11 at 1:35am
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Virginia Tech 4ever's picture

I'm going to guess prop

Virginia Tech 4ever
      EN
 
 
(Neanderthal, 2,319
 
Points)
 on 10/17/11 at 3:12am
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djfiii's picture

brianklk wrote: how do these

djfiii
     
 
 
(Senior Gorilla, 992
 
Points)
 on 10/17/11 at 9:30am
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Virginia Tech 4ever

djfiii
     
 
 
(Senior Gorilla, 992
 
Points)
 on 10/17/11 at 9:37am
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samoanboy's picture

Buyside wrote: Will Hunting

samoanboy
      PE
 
 
(Gorilla, 507
 
Points)
 on 10/17/11 at 11:17am
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djfiii wrote: Virginia Tech

samoanboy
      PE
 
 
(Gorilla, 507
 
Points)
 on 10/17/11 at 11:18am
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manbearpig's picture

ERGOHOC wrote: I started

manbearpig
      CO
 
 
(Neanderthal, 3,029
 
Points)
 on 10/17/11 at 11:40am

-MBP

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Macro Arbitrage's picture

manbearpig wrote: ERGOHOC

Macro Arbitrage
      HF
 
(King Kong, 1,369
 
Points)
 on 10/17/11 at 12:22pm

"I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."

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MrDouche's picture

500k isn't much in New York.

MrDouche
      EN
 
(Baboon, 117
 
Points)
 on 10/17/11 at 1:47pm

I rich, smarts, and totally in debt.

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