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Anecdotal, but my friend knew VP of Information Technology at one of the big 4 banks in Canada really well. The VP told my friend to learn COBOL and if he passe
by parthdesai 10y ago
Anecdotal, but my friend knew VP of Information Technology at one of the big 4 banks in Canada really well. The VP told my friend to learn COBOL and if he passed the interview, they give you a blank paper where you write down your salary.
- nickbauman 10y agoWhat this VP should have been doing was figuring out how to get out of that scenario entirely.
- parthdesai 10y agoWell VP could have been exaggerating a bit as well since we were uni students back then and my friend was doing his internship there. He knew the VP through robotics.
- gpderetta 10y agoNote that, in a bank, VP is not a particularly important position. A senior software developer anywhere else might have the VP title in a bank. It is very possible that your firend's friend wasn't involved in any hiring decision at all and it was just internal hearsay. Source: I'm VP at a large bank.
- parthdesai 10y agoAh could be that as well, you know better. We were just young kids (still are) and believed what he said.
- daemin 10y agoWell the VP probably knew that 1) The company (couldn't afford | didn't want to spend) to build a new replacement system. 2) New people would be needed to maintain the existing system 3) Students don't know how much their services would be worth - so the amount might not be big enough as a regular engineer might charge.
- user5994461 10y agoAnd then they hire these people, starting with the lowest numbers.