[granitepail]

Definitely. If you have the skills, working in a strong fund is the best way to get pay that scales with your contribution.

[Lascaille]

If being a good programmer equalled being able to write an algorithm that prints money, everyone would be doing it.

[hhmc]

There are plenty of well rewarded functions within prop trading that _aren't_ quant trader. Although exactly how correctly remunerated these roles are varies a bit by firm.