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Not working on a fintech but FWIW I work on trading platforms for a well-known investment bank. Getting in was not particularly difficult but even with some exp

Not working on a fintech but FWIW I work on trading platforms for a well-known investment bank. Getting in was not particularly difficult but even with some experience you may need to network with someone on the inside to get your resume in front of the right recruiter, simply submitting your resume via the usual channels appears to be a crapshoot (though I had never applied here because I wasn't aware they were in town) My salary is quite average for the role/seniority level and AFAICT it's resented by many developers who work here because many will trade their "in" on their industry into more interesting fintech/banking work elsewhere somewhere down the line for higher compensation. Knowledge of financial transactions is definitely highly specialized and I don't have nearly enough of it yet but it has started to sink in

cyberpunk 9y ago
Would I be correct in guessing from your username that you work with FrontArena? It seems in-house coustomisation of those kinds of systems isn’t paid very well (although I know some murex guys who get paid quite a lot as consultants). What does the day to day look like working on these beasts? Are you in Europe? Most of the developers I know working on these platforms seem to be quite silod and not really involved with the programmer ‘scene’ as it were (all using windows, no opinion on editors, never heard of hn, don’t care about this weeks $shinynew etc which I know shouldn’t be any kind of grading scheme but it always strikes me as a bit strange). Would like to hear your opinions on it: are most people who end up working here turned into these (generalisation warning, I know not all) unmotivated souls by the sheer pain of working on this stuff or does it just attract candidates who don’t really care that much about tech?
- arenaninja 9y ago
  The username I have carried for some time since I used to play this bomberman clone called Teslatron. I am not in Europe but a large chunk of the team I'm working with is. Divulging the name of the company is frowned upon, but it's one of the large full-service investment banks Day-to-day is a lot like other jobs but projects are better managed than I have previously experienced resulting in less meetings for developers. Development can be faster-paced as a direct result. News of $shinynew is discussed daily by developers (e.g.: React's license, React 16, Vue, etc.) but projects themselves tend to be more conservative as a matter of company policy. I can say the average developer on my team is more capable than the average developer at other companies I have worked with previously. People who are unmotivated will be moved to projects nobody wants (my observation) Regarding editors, environments, tech events, HN, StackOverflow, etc.: participation is likely there but self-identification is a huge no-no TLDR: It's not all rainbows and there are institutional challenges, but the tech side is not naive
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cyberpunk 9y ago

Would I be correct in guessing from your username that you work with FrontArena? It seems in-house coustomisation of those kinds of systems isn’t paid very well (although I know some murex guys who get paid quite a lot as consultants). What does the day to day look like working on these beasts? Are you in Europe? Most of the developers I know working on these platforms seem to be quite silod and not really involved with the programmer ‘scene’ as it were (all using windows, no opinion on editors, never heard of hn, don’t care about this weeks $shinynew etc which I know shouldn’t be any kind of grading scheme but it always strikes me as a bit strange). Would like to hear your opinions on it: are most people who end up working here turned into these (generalisation warning, I know not all) unmotivated souls by the sheer pain of working on this stuff or does it just attract candidates who don’t really care that much about tech?

arenaninja 9y ago
The username I have carried for some time since I used to play this bomberman clone called Teslatron. I am not in Europe but a large chunk of the team I'm working with is. Divulging the name of the company is frowned upon, but it's one of the large full-service investment banks Day-to-day is a lot like other jobs but projects are better managed than I have previously experienced resulting in less meetings for developers. Development can be faster-paced as a direct result. News of $shinynew is discussed daily by developers (e.g.: React's license, React 16, Vue, etc.) but projects themselves tend to be more conservative as a matter of company policy. I can say the average developer on my team is more capable than the average developer at other companies I have worked with previously. People who are unmotivated will be moved to projects nobody wants (my observation) Regarding editors, environments, tech events, HN, StackOverflow, etc.: participation is likely there but self-identification is a huge no-no TLDR: It's not all rainbows and there are institutional challenges, but the tech side is not naive
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