“A geek who writes code — those guys are now the valuable guys,” Mr. Donefer said...

In 2007, Goldman hired him as a vice president, paying him $400,000 a year, according to the federal complaint against him.

He lived in the central New Jersey suburbs with his wife and three young daughters. This year, the family moved to a $1.14 million mansion in North Caldwell, best known as Tony Soprano’s hometown.

...This spring, Mr. Aleynikov quit Goldman to join Teza Technologies, a new trading firm, tripling his salary to about $1.2 million...

Yes, I am in the wrong area of the Financial Services (Insurance) and Yes, you should read this article. "Stepping in front of another buyer" seems to be as profitable as ever and never gets old in this business. For you non-financial services types, think of EBay Snipers...