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"Bank" in this context isn't really about ATMs and check (cheque) processing : It's about trading rooms and algorithms that change daily. Boredom isn't likely
by mdda 15y ago
"Bank" in this context isn't really about ATMs and check (cheque) processing : It's about trading rooms and algorithms that change daily.
Boredom isn't likely to be a problem : Stress is.
- hugh3 15y agoThere's two types of boredom: the boredom that comes from inactivity and the boredom that comes from constant frenetic activity of no deep interest or challenge. Coding up a new algorithm every day still fails to be interesting if the only purpose of the algorithm is to squeeze and extra 1e-5 percent out of some transaction to help someone who isn't me make marginally more money. Not that I have anything against the banking industry, it's just not for me. In Brave New World terminology it's a career for beta-pluses, not alphas. (No offence, bank workers! Some of my best friends work in banks!)
- mahyarm 15y agoSo what are alpha jobs?
- hugh3 15y agoI shan't mention any specific job titles, but my general feeling is that you should be working on your own initiative, using your big ol' brain to create something. Create something for the benefit of yourself, or create something for the benefit of all mankind, but don't create something for the benefit of some other jerk, that's just unseemly. You can be Superman or you can be Lex Luthor, but don't be Senior Vice President of Product Management at Luthorcorp.