Walter's DConf 2014 Talks - Topics in Finance

[Daniel Davidson]

On Saturday, 22 March 2014 at 13:47:31 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:

> Assuming those 10% still happen if the test was done today as 
> suggested, how much are trade companies willing to pay for 
> developers to achieve those 10% in C++ vs having a system 
> although 10% slower,
> still fast enough for operations while saving salaries for more 
> cheaper developers?
>

Labor is a market like any other. It depends on supply and 
demand. The demand is obviously high. 
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/12/10/ex-goldman-programmer-is-convicted/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

Performance engineers who can eek out that 10% on existing 
systems do very well. The same engineers who can build it 
entirely do much better.

Thanks
Dan