Walter's DConf 2014 Talks - Topics in Finance

[Nick Sabalausky]

On 3/22/2014 9:47 AM, 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?

If the domain is high-performance, high-volume, (hard|soft) realtime, 
then I doubt very much you can get away with significantly cheaper 
developers, even if it is Java. Unless it just happens to be a sub-par 
company with a questionable future.