No track record in finance obviously..
I don't think you'll get a salary until you've gone through the training and can make money. I don't know about Optiver but none of the companies I've heard of pay a salary. Even if you got on a program the chances of success are less than 10%. To be honest if you can do something else then just forget about trading, you're likely to be wasting your time and money.
In my opinion, it's fairly simple:
pass the tests, get the job and follow the two-month internal training, which I prefer to call getting familiar with the job.
Obviously, they will pay you during this educational stage. I mean, graduates who take the job go through the same.
But my largest point of concern is: how much would an experienced, 50 year old man with an academic degree make MORE than a graduate, who is likely to be paid €60.000,- bonus etc excluded.
How much more profit will you make for the company compared to a graduate? That should give you a clue.
Somewhat, I guess.
Noone who applies for such position has a lot of chance.
In this case, I estimate the chances to be relatively high, actually.
YouAreNotFree
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50 years old and no experience? I would be surprised if they even considered you for a minute. I could be wrong though.
There is no shortage of graduates less than half your age and with a full working career ahead of them.
There is no shortage of graduates less than half your age and with a full working career ahead of them.
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No experience in Trading I said. 30 years of experience in high-standard software development (e.g. programming navy submarines).
And yes, 'I' phoned them already and yes, 'I' will be applying.
But please, keep to the subject although I can understand answering is just gambling.
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You asked how much you'd be paid (more than a fresh grad), unanimously everyone has answered "nothing". That was pretty much the whole subject no? Any other questions we can help you with?