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So... if 600 traders were replaced with 200 engineers, do the engineers make 2-3x the salary of the replaced traders?

Capitalist makes profit by minimizing worker's pay in relation to the value the work produces.

(But if it makes you sleep your nights better the answer is yes!)

No, engineers are not paid well at Goldman

So... There was another post up not to long ago about a programmer's union. The comments critiqued the need for it, but were talking generally.

Is there an opportunity for a financial programmer's union, so that the value those engineers bring is better shared with the people bringing them?