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What the article says is true that traditional roles are disappearing but they're hiring technology people like crazy. Closing branches, automating branches, t
by yskchu 9y ago
What the article says is true that traditional roles are disappearing but they're hiring technology people like crazy.
Closing branches, automating branches, that's the direction it's going. eBanking, less face-to-face transactions. Data scientists, etc, to datamine all that valuable purchase history.
So employment-wise it's bad for the population at large, but good for us techies still.
Here's an example of Goldman (not a traditional bank, but still relevant):
http://www.businessinsider.com/pie-chart-google-hiring http://www.businessinsider.com/pie-chart-google-hiring
- hkmurakami 9y agoSVB also hiring a lot of engineers iirc.
- lexideximexi 9y agomost of the new hires are actually in outsourcing organisations that are beyond useless.