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India probably has better chances than china.

I was curious to know - what do people think about following a career path similar to that of Serge's if the aim is to get into algotrading in N years time? Ofcourse this is assuming that one actually has the opportunities to branch out into very similar engineering jobs to start with. Is the...

http://www.neweconomics.org/sites/neweconomics.org/files/A_Bit_Rich.pdf

Dominic, specifically what kind of info are you looking to put under the AlgoTrading part?

The title of this thread hits the nail squarely on the head. To complement the other two articles: Investment Banks Shuffle Senior Rainmakers To Asia

For Wall Street Workers, Ax Falls Quietly

There is indeed an oversupply of the talent you refer to - typically those with excellent math+programming skills. But bear in mind there is still an acute shortage of people who can apply these skills to generate profit, which is essentially the whole point of financial engineering.

You might also want to have a look at this: The Algorithmic Trading Podcast