1) First, while I know nothing about OP's firm, there are hedge funds where the programmers are in charge. Such shops tend to have sane technology stacks, sensible working hours, and pleasant (if intense) research environments.
2) Compensation for the quants at the funds I'm thinking tends to be quite high. The quants make the key decisions and they know recipe for the secret sauce, so they get the bonuses and the partnership slots. The risk-reward profile at such funds is a heck of a lot better than the typical flameout startup.
I don't dispute the existence of such places. My claim is that it is extremely rare, and in the majority of firms the lack of technology culture is not only not seen as a problem but is enshrined in macho pride and insistence that the lack of technology culture is indicative of some difficult constraints that finance poses from a first principles point of view, constraints which weenie technology culturalists can't stomach.
1) First, while I know nothing about OP's firm, there are hedge funds where the programmers are in charge. Such shops tend to have sane technology stacks, sensible working hours, and pleasant (if intense) research environments.
2) Compensation for the quants at the funds I'm thinking tends to be quite high. The quants make the key decisions and they know recipe for the secret sauce, so they get the bonuses and the partnership slots. The risk-reward profile at such funds is a heck of a lot better than the typical flameout startup.