The smaller more elite hedge funds are - Getco LLC, Knight Capital, SAC Capital Advisors, Jump Trading, Wolverine Trading, Chicago Trading, Citadel, Sun Trading
A list of larger firms are here - http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/Trader.aspx?id=topliquidity The core skill sets most look for is core Linux, C/C++, multicast, multithreading, IPC, and low level kernel drivers. FPGA and CUDA is also becoming more relevant. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 28, 2012, at 8:23 AM, "Brandt, Ralph" <ralph.bra...@pateam.com> wrote: > Rodrick, give me the name of one of those firms. :) > > > Ralph Brandt > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rodrick Brown [mailto:rodrick.br...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 6:13 PM > To: A. Pishdadi > Cc: NANOG > Subject: Re: Programmers with network engineering skills > > On Feb 26, 2012, at 8:27 PM, "A. Pishdadi" <apishd...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> i have been looking for quite some time now a descent coder (c,php) > who has >> a descent amount of system admin / netadmin experience. Doesn't > necessarily >> need to be an expert at network engineering but being acclimated in >> understanding the basic fundamentals of networking. Understanding > basic >> routing concepts, how to diagnose using tcpdump / pcap, understanding >> subnetting and how bgp works (not necessarily setting up bgp). I've > posted >> job listings on the likes of dice and monster and have not found any > good >> canidates, most of them ASP / Java guys. >> >> If anyone can point me to a site they might recommend for job postings > or >> know of any consulting firms that might provide these services that > would >> be greatly appreciated. > > Good Luck guys like these are being scooped up by large financial firms > and hedgefunds and they don't come cheap ~$250k easy!
