I was under the impression that one would need C++ to get one of those 400k+ FAANG jobs. Obviously, I could be wrong.
I've never worked at one myself, but they do hit me up from time to time, and seem to be mostly interested in my C++ experience.
As I said in my disclaimer, my actual experience is very dated at this point, but a strong C++ developer could earn 400k+ even way back in 2011 in the NYC financial industry. Back then, I don't think I'd heard of any Python developers making much more than 150k.
Nowadays, the people I know working in C++ in NYC finance are all making significantly more than 400k.
I've never worked at one myself, but they do hit me up from time to time, and seem to be mostly interested in my C++ experience.
As I said in my disclaimer, my actual experience is very dated at this point, but a strong C++ developer could earn 400k+ even way back in 2011 in the NYC financial industry. Back then, I don't think I'd heard of any Python developers making much more than 150k.
Nowadays, the people I know working in C++ in NYC finance are all making significantly more than 400k.