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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

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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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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