[Banking-pm] How odd is UKP 100K and telecommuting for a banking developer job?

[Raf]

On Wed, 4 Jul 2007, alex at owal.co.uk wrote:
> 100K for a banking salary is not impossible - but sounds rather unusual.
> I would not expect to see anything abouve 50K without banking experience
> and with the right specialised experience then the sky is the limit.

I know the agent.  He is a good fellow and it is a legit role which I was 
previously interested in.  The one difference which I spotted immediately 
is that I was told that they were offering 70K.  I've actually 'just' gone 
for a role which I feel would be a little more long-termist.

The impression I got was that their current team is one of 'outstanding' 
indviduals who are all ox-bridge, yale, mit, etc - with very unique, weird 
and wacky histories and hobbies.  I used to work with two of them 
previously and must stress that they were 'across-the-board' hardcore.

> I think the "Onsite:No" must be a mistake.
It is a mistake, based on what I heard previously..  That said, I was told 
that one of their guys telecommutes from one of the southern states of the 
US, whilst being officially stationed in their New York office.  I was 
also told that there's lots of opportunity to travel to New york, where 
half their team works..

I did get the feeling that they have a very 'hacker' culture in this team, 
so I assume that it would be good for anyone who is looking for this. 
I'd have loved this a few years ago, but I was dubious about the 
possibility for career progression - probably something to look out for. 
Perhaps they have upped their rate for the right candidate?

R.