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Brady4MVPA friend of mine got around $500K last year, trading exotic derivatives for a BB. he was only 25.

Holy F@#K! How far out of the ordinary was this for him?

Also, any thoughts on VPs/Directors?

-MBP
 
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IlliniProgrammerOne of my friends made a six figure income that did not start with a 1 his first year out of school at a major hedge fund. He was a programmer out of Illinois. Think he's a quant there today- no PhD or grad work.

lol did you get a nice rubbery one after you wrote that?

Bahahaha.

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"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so." - Ronald Reagan
 

The largest bonus ever for a high level guy, as far as I have heard... was for Adam Levinson... a former GS trader who moved to Fortress and received 300 million in cash and stock upon arrival. I guess that's HF or something, not IBD though.

(you can google it)

 

Milken had a $550 mil bonus right before he was charged I think.

People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis, you can't trust people Jeremy
 
JorgéMilken had a $550 mil bonus right before he was charged I think.

Dude should have bought a small country and fled the country

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People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis, you can't trust people Jeremy

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